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FRIEDREICH, Nikolaus (1825 – 1882)

FRIEDREICH, Nikolaus (1825 – 1882)

1825 – 1882

5 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1857 CE

#3064.1

Ein neuer Fall von Leukämie.

Acute leukemia first described.

1862 CE

#5344.1

Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie der Trichinenkrankheit beim Menschen.

First confirmed diagnosis of trichinosis in a living person.

1863 CE

#4696

Ueber degenerative Atrophie der spinalen Hinterstränge.

Friedreich was the first to describe a form of ataxia (“Friedreich’s ataxia”), hereditary, attended with impairment of speech, lateral curvature of the spine, and with paralysis of the muscles of the…

1867 CE

#2765

Krankheiten des Herzens. 2te. Aufl.

First appeared in Virchow’s Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie, Erlangen, 1854, 5, 1 Abt., 385-530.

1881 CE

#4564

Paramyoklonus multiplex.

First description of paramyoclonus multiplex, “Friedreich’s disease”.