Virchow, Rudolf Liidwig Karl, 1821-1902.
Die cellularpathologie in ihrer be£rundun<r auf physiologischc und patholojrische grewebelehre. Zwanzig vorlesungen gehalten wiihrend der inonate februar, inarz und
april 1858 im Pathologischen institute zu Berlin, von Rudolf Virchow ... Berlin, A. Hirsohwald, 1858.
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1. Pathology, Cellular.
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His work is the classical application of the cell theory to disease; and he has the
first to state the now universally accepted premise that where a cell originates it
must have been preceded by another cell. His object on this work was to relate
the Schlieden-Schwann theory to his own field of pathology, "a field to which he made
contributions of prime importance 11 - PMMM
Horblit, 99. Garrison-Morton, 2299. Dibner, Heralds of Science, 132. Printing &
the Mind of Man, 307 c.
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VIRCHOW, RUDOLF
DIE CELLULARPATHOLOGIE in ihrer Begrundung auf Physiologische und Pathologische
Gewebelehre.
Berlin
Hirschwald
1858
First Edition
8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt back, slightly worn. XVI, 440pp.
With 144 woodcut illustrations in the text* A very fine and spotless copy, very rare thus.
"Virchow was the greatest figure in the history of pathology. His best work, Die
Cellularpathologie, is one of the most important books in the history of medicine, and
the foundation stone of cellular pathology."
Garrison-Morton 2299.
"In 1858, a young man of 37 years gave a series of lectures in Berlin to a group of
medical men. These lectures later published under the title of Die Cellularpathologie,
ushered in a new epoch. The young man was Rudolph Virchow. He has been acclaimed,
perhaps a little extravagantly, as the greatest figure in medicine since Hippocrates.
By applying the cell theory of Schleiden and Schwann to pathology, he transferred
medicine from its ancient foundation on the four humours of the Greeks to a new foundation, the fundamental unit of modern biology, the cell, and transformed pathology
itself into a modern science. At the same time in the same book, he established the
dictum omnis cellula, which has proved to be one of the most important axioms of
biology. Thus in these lectures we find epitomised the interaction between medicine and
biology which was repeatedly contributed to the advancement of both". Prof. J. Walter
Wilson. "Virchow's Contribution to the Cell Theory (Journal Hist. Medicine, Spring 1947 0 )
Purchased
May 28, 1964
F. Thomas Heller, New York
ASA/HH
No. 386
Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begrttndung auf
VIRCHOV, RUDOLF
physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre. With a preface. Illustrated
with 144 woodcuts [I-V] VI-XVI, 1-440 pages; size 13.2 x 21.4 cm. Original
boards, paper label stamped in gold.
1858
August Hirschwald
Berlin:
First Edition
De sedibus et causis morborum was followed, almost exactly one hundred years later, by the
Cellularpathologie, and just as Morgagni founded gross pathology by studying, with the
naked eye, diseased tissues and organs on autopsy material, so Rudolf Virchov (1821~1902)
created histopathology in which the microscope is the indispensable tool of observation.
A tireless worker, Virchov explored microscopically and classified nearly all abnormal
changes - degenerative, hypertrophic, neoplastic, pigmentary, and so on. The basic unit
involved in these processes was recognized as the individual cell, and Virchov's dictum
TtOmnis cellula a cellula" became the guiding principle for generations of pathologists.
To be sure, in an enormous area covered by one man, errors were unavoidable. But the
vague and unproductive humoral theory was given a shattering blow, microscopic study
of affected tissues was immensely stimulated and a new, clearer and deeper understanding
of disease processes became possible.
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Dear Mrs* Sasala:
I received your note of May 1* The situation
thVirciiow is this: I bought the book from
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I canraot possiDiy match my
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Mr* Henry Posner
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Dear Mr* Posner:
Much to my regret I won't be able to reduce the pr
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of the Virchow to
since, as I pointed /out in ay previous
letter my cost pric^JB higher
I should like to point out however* that, this bein
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awaited catalogue will be published* A price of
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