FRERICHS, Friedrich Theodor von (1819 – 1885)
1819 – 1885
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Lithography by P. Rohrbach, 1859, from a photograph by G. Schauer · ihm.nlm.nih.gov · Public domain
1849 CE
#4692
Ueber Hirnsklerose.
First important account of multiple sclerosis. Carswell (No. 2291) and Cruveilhier (No. 2286) both gave illustrations of the disease; the latter is also accredited with the first description.
1851 CE
#4209
Die Bright’sche Nierenkrankheit.
Frerichs divided the progression of renal disease into three stages: initial hyperemia, fatty infiltration and exudation, and organization leading to fibrosis and atrophy. This is one of the earliest works on kidney d…
1854 CE
#685.1
Ueber das Vorkommen von Leucin und Tyrosin in der menschlichen Leber.
Discovery of leucine and tyrosine in the urine.
1858 CE–1861 CE
#3620
Klinik der Leberkrankheiten. 2 vols. and atlas.
Frerichs’s classic monograph on diseases of the liver summarized the existing knowledge and included his own important work on the subject. He discovered leucine and tyrosine in the liver in acute yellow atrophy…
1861 CE
#4693
Klinik der Leberkrankheiten. Bd. 2.
Pp. 62-64: First description of progressive familial hepatolenticular degeneration (“Kinnier Wilson’s disease”; see No. 4717).