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Uncommon card · History
Rudolf Virchow, an Uncommon card
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 80,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Rudolf Virchow quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rudolf Virchow card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Virchow studied medicine at the ______ Wilhelm University under Johannes Peter Müller.
Answer
Friedrich. Virchow studied medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University under Johannes Peter Müller. From the Rudolf Virchow article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of India. History of India 96 · Communist revolution 93 · Rudolf Virchow 85 · Ancient Greek literature 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".
- Virchow studied medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University under Johannes Peter Müller.
- While working at the Charité hospital, his investigation of the 1847–1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia laid the foundation for public health in Germany, and paved the way for his political and social careers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rudolf Virchow article was read about 80,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Rudolf Virchow
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rudolf Virchow (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
