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liiis l»een one of the most important and fundamental factors in the 

 development of modern medicine. He was deeply interested in the 

 application of the teachings of science to problems of municipal sani- 

 tation and public health; and as the leading- spirit of the nuuiicipal 

 council of Berlin he instigated and supervised the introduction of a 

 sanitary water supply and a healthful system of sewage disposal, which 

 have made that city an object lesson to many others, "' Modern Berlin 

 is a splendid monument of his zeal in the service of humanity." 



His work was not without important bearing on the physiology of 

 human and animal nutrition, and his An'hlv fur pidhoJoij'mche Anato)iiie 

 (Old P/tysiolfMjlt\ which he established in IS-iT and continued to edit to 

 near the close of his life, contains frequent contributions on the prin- 

 ciples underlying the metabolism and use of food nutrients. 



Indeed so broad and varied was the field of Virchow's acti\ ity that 

 it is difficult to measure his infiuence or to fix bounds within which it 

 was exerted. Agricultural science may fairly claim to be one of its 

 beneficiaries, and the methods of research which he outlined and the 

 spirit which characterized his work will continue a guide and inspira- 

 tion in this field, as well as in medical science. 



