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Cellular Pathology as Based upon Physiological and Pathological Histology
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Cellular Pathology as Based upon Physiological and Pathological Histology

work by Virchow
Also known as: “Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebenlehre”(Show More)
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Rudolf Virchow's Cellular Pathology as Based upon Physiological and Pathological Histology revolutionized the understanding of disease. Virchow proposed that diseases originate not in organs or tissues generally, but specifically within their individual cells. This concept, known as cellular pathology, asserts that all cells arise from pre-existing cells (omnis cellula e cellula).12

The work is grounded in the field of histology, the study of the composition and structure of tissues in relation to their functions. Virchow applied the cell theory to explain how diseases affect the body's organs and tissues at the cellular level. This approach fundamentally shifted the focus of pathology from organs to the cellular basis of disease.314

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  1. Rudolf Virchow
  2. cell - The problem of the origin of cells
  3. cell - Contribution of other sciences
  4. disease
  5. histology
  6. histophysiology

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