It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
Rudolf VirchowOnly those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.
Rudolf VirchowMedicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.
Rudolf Virchow