He traced all of this hospital movement to Pope Innocent III, and though he was least papistically inclined, Virchow did not hesitate to give extremely high praise to this pontiff for all that he had accomplished for the benefit of children and suffering mankind.
Ia menelusuri gerakan rumah sakit ini sampai kepada Paus Innosentius III, dan meskipun bukan seorang pendukung kepausan, Virchow tanpa ragu-ragu memberikan pujian tertinggi bagi Paus tersebut untuk segala sesuatu yang telah dilakukannya demi kebaikan anak-anak dan umat manusia yang menderita.