DOI: 10.25881/20728255_2021_16_4_9

Authors

Shevchenko Yu.L., Matveev S.A.

Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Moscow

Abstract

The article is devoted to the 200th anniversary of one of the founders of scientific medicine, the author of the cell theory in biology and medicine. The biography of the scientist is briefly described, his considerable contribution to the development of different branches of science is noted, his role as a social and political figure of his epoch is shown.

Keywords: Rudolf Virchow, biography, cell theory, scientific and social activity.

References

1. Bol’shaya medicinskaya enciklopediya. B.V. Petrovsky, editor. M.: Sov. enciklopediya, 1976. Vol. 4. 576 p. (In Russ).

2. Nuland SH.B. Vrachi. Voskhititel’nye i tragichnye istorii o tom, kak nizmennye strasti, merkantil’nye pomysly i absurdnye resheniya velikih svetil mediciny pomogli vyzhit’ chelovechestvu. M.: Eksmo, 2020. 688 p. (In Russ).

3. Abrikosov A.I. Rudolf Virchow (k 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya). Medicinskij zhurnal. 1921; 1(10-12): 631-634. (In Russ).

4. Vajl’ S.S. R. Virhov i sovremennaya patologiya. Medicina i dialekticheskij materialism. 1927; 2: 139-144. (In Russ).

5. Davydovskij I.V. K 100-letiyu «cellyulyarnoj patologii» Rudol’fa Virhova. Arhiv patologii. 1956; 18(5): 3-8. (In Russ).

6. Shevchenko YU.L. Experimental validation of embryonic cardiomyocyte implantation in complex therapy of myocardial failure // Progress in Biomedical Research. 1999; 4(5): 468-474.

For citation

Shevchenko Yu.L., Matveev S.A. Rudolf Virchow — forerunner of modern scientific knowledge of life (on the 200th anniversary of his birth). Bulletin of Pirogov National Medical & Surgical Center. 2021;16(4):9-16. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25881/20728255_2021_16_4_9