Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Rudolf Virchow

Who is this man and what did he accomplish?

Here is a clue. He said:

“For if medicine is really to accomplish its great task, it must intervene in political and social life. It must point out the hindrances that impede the normal social functioning of vital processes, and effect their removal.”

Is he:

Robert Koch
Charles Nicolle
Louis Pasteur
Rudolf Virchow
Max von Pettenkofer

Decide first. See companion article.

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