[The relation of general to special pathology]

As most important fundaments of the general pathology the theory of the mechanisms of pathogenesis, the close relations to the general biology and the theory of science are described more in detail. Moreover, every pathologist must deal with the conditions of general-pathological evidence concerning the theory of cognition. Finally it is extraordinarily important to show the significance of the general pathology and of the constituting it theoretical thinking for the pathologist, the physician and the student. Since medicine is more and more studied under theoretical scientific viewpoints, for every physician a scientific basis knowledge is necessary.