Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

In which year did Rudolf Virchow published an essay titled ‘Cellular Pathology’ in which he famously declared that "every cell arises from another cell”?

Options:

1865

1845

1835

1855

Correct Answer:

1855

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4)- 1855

In 1855, at the age of 34, he published his now famous aphorism “omnis cellula e cellula” (“every cell stems from another cell”). With this approach Virchow launched the field of cellular pathology. He stated that all diseases involve changes in normal cells, that is, all pathology ultimately is cellular pathology.