By his great principle, “Omnis cellula ex cellula,” he made a contribution of the highest importance to biological science; ... Nature - Rudolf Virchow and his Countrymen.

In 1855, the German physician Rudolf Virchow coined the phrase Omnis cellula e cellula — all cells come from cells. In other words, cells arise from the growth and division of existing cells ...

By 1855, Virchow expanded upon his original observations and published his now famous precept “omnis cellula e cellula” (“every cell stems from another cell”), which ushered in the field ...

The theory he popularized, omnis cellula ex cellula, ... Brown TM, Fee E. Rudolf Carl Virchow — medical scientist, social reformer, role model. Am J Pub Health. 2006;96:2104-2105.