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Editorial
. 2010 Jul;457(1):3-10.
doi: 10.1007/s00428-010-0934-4. Epub 2010 May 25.

A brief history of pathology: Preface to a forthcoming series that highlights milestones in the evolution of pathology as a discipline

Jan G van den Tweel, Clive R Taylor
Editorial

A brief history of pathology: Preface to a forthcoming series that highlights milestones in the evolution of pathology as a discipline

Jan G van den Tweel et al. Virchows Arch. 2010 Jul.
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Hippocrates: a page from “Aphorismi, sive, Sententiae” In: Hunayn ibn-Ishaq al-'Ibadi, Oxford, XIIIth century. Courtesy National Library of Medicin, Bethesda, USA
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Hippocrates and Galen accompanied by John Hunter in this statue at the campus of the USC Medical Center, Los Angeles Country Hospital, Los Angeles, USA. Sculptor: Salvatore Scarpitta, 1934
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Avicenna, Canon Medicinae, 14th century. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA
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Title page of Fallopius’ book: Opera Genuina Omnia. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA
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A picture of Morgani in his most famous book “De Sedibus et Causis Morborum”. Courtesy Bilbliotheca Gambalunga, Rimini, Italy
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Bichat, Marie-François-Xavier. Author of “Anatomie générale, appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine” (Paris, 1847). Artist Vigneron. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA
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Portret of Rudolph L.K. Virchow (1821–1902). Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA, undated (approximately 1865)
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Albert Coons, discoverer of immunofluorescence techniques. Courtesy of the Harvard Medical School Countway Library
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