'''Pathology''' is the study of structural and functional abnormalities that are expressed as [[disease]]s of [[organ]]s and systems. The [[science]] began in the 19th century when [[Rudolf Virchow]] (the father of modern pathology) proposed that [[injury]] to the [[cell]], the smallest living unit of the [[body]], was the root of all disease. This remains the basis for pathology today which has now expanded to understand the [[molecule|molecular]] nature of these interactions. <ref>Essentials of Rubin's Pathology 5th Edition, Emanuel Rubin. Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7817-7324-9</ref> | '''Pathology''' is the study of structural and functional abnormalities that are expressed as [[disease]]s of [[organ]]s and systems. The [[science]] began in the 19th century when [[Rudolf Virchow]] (the father of modern pathology) proposed that [[injury]] to the [[cell]], the smallest living unit of the [[body]], was the root of all disease. This remains the basis for pathology today which has now expanded to understand the [[molecule|molecular]] nature of these interactions. <ref>Essentials of Rubin's Pathology 5th Edition, Emanuel Rubin. Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7817-7324-9</ref> |