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FRANK, Johann Peter (1745 – 1821)

FRANK, Johann Peter (1745 – 1821)

1745 – 1821

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Adolph Kunike · Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie (Albertina Wien) · Public domain

1779 CE–1827 CE

#1599

System einer vollständigen medicinischen Polizey. 9 vols.

The first systematic treatise on public hygiene. Frank believed the ruler of a state should stand in the relation of a father to his children, among his duties being the safeguarding of the people’s health and t…

1792 CE

#4518

De vertebralis columnae in morbis dignitate. In his Delectus opusculorum medicorum, 11, 1-50

Frank, best remembered for his great services to public health, was the first physician to emphasize the gravity of diseases of the spinal cord.

1792 CE–1794 CE

#1965

De curandis hominum morbis epitome. 6 vols.

1794 CE

#3879

De curandis hominum morbis epitome. Liber V.

Frank was the first to define diabetes insipidus (pp. 38-67).