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FREKE, John (1688 – 1756)

FREKE, John (1688 – 1756)

1688 – 1756

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1740 CE

#4731

A case of extraordinary exostoses on the back of a boy.

FREKE, John (1688 – 1756)
FREKE, John (1688 – 1756)

Probably the earliest description of myositis ossificans progressiva. Freke was a friend of Fielding, who mentioned him in Tom Jones.