Omnis cellula e cellula (Virchow)
Omnis cellula e cellula y patología celular
- Date
- 1855-1858 · confidence high
- Place
- Charité / University of Berlin, Germany
- Credited to
- Rudolf Virchow
- People
- 👤 Rudolf Virchow1821–1902
- Field
- Life & health
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Every cell comes from another cell; disease is an alteration of cells. He founded cellular pathology and explained cancer and thrombosis at the cellular level.
The aphorism was coined by Raspail and cell division observed by Remak, whom Virchow did not credit.
What it led to
- modern pathology
- cellular oncology
- social medicine and public health
- the definitive rejection of spontaneous generation
Built on
- Cell theory (Schleiden and Schwann)1838-1839
- Robert Remak (cell division)
Made possible
- Multiple sclerosis as a distinct disease1868
- diagnostic biopsy