Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow´s Bicentennial (1821-1902), the father of modern pathology and the terms neuroglia and myelin.

Abstract

Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821-1902) is considered the father of modern pathology. He graduated in medicine in 1843 from the University of Berlin. In 1856 he became professor of Pathological Anatomy and director of the Institute of Pathology of the Charité. He began to study cells in living tissue, which led to the conception of cellular pathology.

He even presented erroneous positions such as opposing the contagion theory in favor of the miasma theory, but he was not limited to the microscope and extended to social problems and beyond. Thus, he was an anatomist, pathologist, epidemiologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, editor, professor, social reformer, and liberal politician.

Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821-1902) é considerado o pai da patologia moderna. Licenciou-se em medicina em 1843, na Universidade de Berlim. Em 1856 tornou-se professor de Anatomia Patológica e director do Instituto de Anatomia Patológica da Caridade. Começou a estudar células em tecidos vivos, o que levou à concepção da patologia celular.

Apresentou mesmo posições erradas, tais como oposição à teoria do contágio em favor da teoria do miasma, mas não se limitou ao microscópio e estendeu-se a problemas sociais e não só. Assim, era um anatomista, patologista, epidemiologista, antropólogo, arqueólogo, editor, professor, reformador social, e político liberal.