For if medicine is really to accomplish its great task, it … - Rudolf Virchow

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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.

Rudolf Virchow

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Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (October 13, 1821 – September 5, 1902) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician.

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Alternative Names: Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow • Rudolph Virchow • Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow

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Liebt man sich wirklich, so ist es ja nicht schwer, die Toleranz zu üben, denn die Toleranz ist die Tochter der Liebe -- es ist die eigentlich christliche Eigenschaft, die freilich von der heutigen Christenwelt nicht geübt wird.

The future is with the vegetarians.

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