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Rudolf Virchow
German pathologist and statesman Rudolf Virchow was one of the most prominent physicians of the 19th century.
Rudolf Virchow was born on October 13, 1821, in Schivelbein, Pomerania, Prussia (now Świdwin, Poland).1