2 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Jan 
account of his democratic tendencies, to give up his posi- 
tion and residence in Berlin, Virchow removed to Wurz- - 
burg where he continued active work in pathological an- 
atomy, and made for himself sucha name that the faculty 
and government in Berlin recalled him in 1856 to the 
chair of pathological anatomy. A new pathological in- 
stitute was established for him, and he has remained di- 
rector of this institute and professor of the university 
ever since. The technique introduced into the autopsy- 
room by Virchow and his published account of it became 
the standard for post-mortem work all over the world. 
Before this time accurate autopsy reports were scarcely 
known. He was very strict and severe with the members 
of his class when conducting an autopsy, requiring them 
to be exact in the use of terms and accurate in describing 
what they saw. He would open the body from the chin 
to the pubes with one sweep of his butcher’s knife and 
then make the dead man tell his secrets, so searching was 
the scrutiny. He was always pleasant and ready to aid 
his students and above all was a constant stimulus to ac- 
curate observation though he made great advances in the 
study of pyemia, leukemia, thrombosis and embolism by 
special researches on these subjects, yet he will always be 
best known as the founder ofso-called ‘‘celular pathology.” 
In his long famous work on this subject he led back path- 
ological processes in greater completeness than had ever 
been attempted before, to alterations in the elementary 
constituents of the body—the cells. His great work on 
tumors can be consulted to day with great profit. In 
anthropology and ethnography, Virchow is as well and 
favorably known asin pathology. His contributions to 
the science of public hygiene are among the most notable 
of his works. For many years he has occupied a seat in 
the Reichstag and has taken a most active part in the 
government in connection with medical and veterinary 
affairs, He has always stood firm for principle and right. 
