FRORIEP, Robert Friedrich (1804 – 1861)
1804 – 1861
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1820 CE–1847 CE
#12750
Chirurgische Kupfertafeln. 4 vols.
This collection of 417 plates on surgical procedures, instruments, and bandages, with 4 pages of explanatory text, was published in 96 parts between 1820 and 1847. Fifty-two of the plates were issued hand-colored. The…
1843 CE
#12749
Die rheumatische Schweile. Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie und Therapie des Rheumatismus.
Froriep described what would later be known as fibromyalgia, describing it as "rheumatism with painful, hard places" that could be felt in many locations on the body. He characterized the condition as muskelschwiele (…