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Rudolf Virchow; An Address Introductory to the Course of Lectures of the Term 1881-82.
1881MMRM1650New York:: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding 1881. 1881. Small 8vo. 35 1 pp. Disbound; creased. Text quite clean. Good. Jacobi was a giant of American pediatrics and he remains the only foreign-born President of the American Medical Association. His view of pediatrics included the social and cultural aspects of caring for children. It is in this light that he addresses Rudolf Virchow. Virchow's seminal work in cellular theory and biology often overshadows Virchow's view that medicine was more than science. A memorable Virchow aphorism is "Medicine is a social science and politics are nothing but medicine on a grand scale." Social and political reforms based on medical knowledge were critical to the public's health. Jacobi adopts this perspective in his laudatory discussion of Virchow. source: Formative Years Children's Health in the United States 1880-2000. Stern & Markel editors. Trow's Printing and Bookbinding, 1881. unknown books
