Editing Rudolf Virchow (section)

===Death===
[[File:Grab Rudolf Virchow.jpg|thumb|upright|The tomb of Rudolf and Rose Virchow at Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof]]
Virchow broke his thigh bone on 4 January 1902, jumping off a running streetcar while exiting the electric tramway. Although he anticipated full recovery, the fractured femur never healed, and restricted his physical activity. His health gradually deteriorated and he died of heart failure after eight months, on 5 September 1902, in Berlin, a month before his 81st birthday. <ref name=weisenberg/><ref>{{cite news |title=Prof. Virchow is Dead. Famous Scientist's Long Illness Ended Yesterday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/09/06/archives/prof-virchow-is-dead-famous-scientists-long-illness-ended-yesterday.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=5 September 1902 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064553/https://www.nytimes.com/1902/09/06/archives/prof-virchow-is-dead-famous-scientists-long-illness-ended-yesterday.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A state funeral was held on 9 September in the Assembly Room of the Magistracy in the [[Berlin Town Hall]], which was decorated with laurels, palms and flowers. He was buried in the [[Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof]] in [[Schöneberg]], Berlin.<ref name=funeral>{{cite news |title=Prof. Virchow's Funeral. Distinguished Scholars, Scientists, and Doctors in the Throng That Attends the Ceremonies in Berlin |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F15FF3F5F12738DDDA90994D1405B828CF1D3 |newspaper=New York Times |date=9 September 1902 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317092650/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F15FF3F5F12738DDDA90994D1405B828CF1D3 |url-status=live }}</ref> His tomb was shared by his wife on 21 February 1913.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rudolf Virchow tomb|url=http://himetop.wikidot.com/rudolf-virchow-tomb|work=HimeTop|access-date=28 November 2014|archive-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064210/http://himetop.wikidot.com/rudolf-virchow-tomb|url-status=live}}</ref>