Rudolf Virchow, the founder of cellular pathology

Vol. 60 No. 4, 2019

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Domenico Ribatti

The cell theory was firstly formulated by Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow. They sustained that the cells originate from pre-existing cells and that the living organisms are composed by cells organized in different tissues. In particular, Virchow not only established the principle of omnis cellula e cellula, but considered for the first time that alterations on cell organization was at the basis of disease.

Corresponding author: Domenico Ribatti, Professor, MD, PhD; e-mail: domenico.ribatti@uniba.it

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