Rudolf Virchow: References & Edit History
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A historical account of Virchow’s career is Erwin H. Ackerknecht, Rudolf Virchow: Doctor, Statesman, Anthropologist (1953, reprinted 1981). Compilations of Virchow’s writings include Leland J. Rather, Commentary on the Medical Writings of Rudolf Virchow: Based on Schwalbe’s Virchow-Bibliographie, 1843–1901 (1990); and Brian L.D. Coghlan and Leon P. Bignold, Virchow’s Eulogies: Rudolf Virchow in Tribute to His Fellow Scientists (2008).
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| Media added. | Apr 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 09, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Aug 20, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Jan 14, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology. | May 02, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Embryo Project Encyclopedia - Biography of Rudolf Carl Virchow. | Mar 31, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Rudolf Virchow. | Mar 31, 2016 | ||
| Added mention of neonatal hypothyroidism as the later name for the condition known historically as cretinism. | Jun 04, 2015 | ||
| To bibliography, added Brian L.D. Coghlan and Leon P. Bignold, Virchow's Eulogies: Rudolf Virchow in Tribute to His Fellow Scientists (2008). | Jun 04, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Rudolf Virchow. | Jul 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Rudolf Virchow. | Jul 19, 2013 | ||
| Added three images of Virchow. | Jan 12, 2010 | ||
| Removed extra comma from birth information. | Oct 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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