Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs

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Friedrich Theodor Frerichs 1859
Grave site , Großgörschenstrasse 12, in Berlin-Schöneberg

Friedrich Theodor Frerichs , since 1884 von Frerichs (born March 24, 1819 in Aurich , † March 14, 1885 in Berlin ) was a German internist and pathologist. He is considered the founder of experimental clinical medicine.

life and work

Friedrich Theodor Frerichs was the son of the innkeeper Frerich Jürgens Frerichs and Theda Frerichs (née Rhoden). Frerichs studied medicine at the University of Göttingen from 1838 to 1841, like his brother Jürgen (1834-1837) before. After his doctorate (February 20, 1841), he worked for four years as an ophthalmologist and surgeon with his own practice in Aurich, but returned to Göttingen in 1846, where he completed his habilitation and dealt with physiological-chemical examinations. His first publication came out in 1845 under the title "Studies on the Bile". In 1848 he became an associate professor at the University of Göttingen. His areas of specialization were mainly physiological-chemical examinations, the medical outpatient clinic and clinical cadavers. In 1850 he was appointed to the University of Kiel . This is also where his publication “Bright's Kidney Disease and its Treatment” came out. During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising he took over the management of the military hospitals in Rendsburg as a military doctor . In 1852 Frerichs was appointed to the University of Breslau and finally in 1859 to succeed Johann Lukas Schönlein at the Charité in Berlin, where he became director of the medical clinic. Paul Ehrlich was his assistant there from 1878 to 1885. In 1853 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . At the same time, he later ran a practice in his home. In 1882 he founded the German Society for Internal Medicine as the first chairman and opened the first internist congress in Wiesbaden. He was the 1st chairman from 1882 to 1884. Since 1862 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

The focus of Frerich's research was on metabolic processes in the liver and kidneys , related diseases and their diagnosis . Bernhard Naunyn , one of his students, described him as confident and unshakable. Frerichs died on March 14, 1885 of a stroke, according to his assistant Krönig of an overdose of opium . He was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery.

The Theodor Frerichs Prize awarded by the German Society for Internal Medicine is named after him. Cardiological stations in the medical departments of the University Clinics in Heidelberg (Ludolf Krehl Clinic) and Freiburg bear his name.

The Swiss embassy in Berlin is now located in his former home . He had it built for himself and his family between 1869 and 1870.

Trivia

Dostoyevsky described the visit to Frerichs in letters to his wife:

“The prince and one of his acquaintances… confused me very much: they think I should rather go to Soden and not to Ems , because Ems is a deep valley in a ravine, very damp and rainy. For me, however, damp weather is more harmful than anything else. They tried to convince me to go to a famous Doctor Frerichs in Berlin and ask him for his opinion "

“The next morning I was at ... Frerichs. This light from German science lives in a palace (literally). When I was waiting for my call, I asked another patient how much one would pay Frerichs and he replied that this was not fixed, but that he would give 5 thalers himself. I decided to give him three. He spends three, at most five minutes on each patient. He didn't keep me there for more than two minutes, just touching my chest with the stethoscope. Then he spoke only one word: 'Ems', sat down in silence and wrote two lines on a scrap of paper. 'Here you have the address of a doctor in Ems, tell me that you are from Frerichs.' I put down three talers and left. The way was worth it. "

Bust of Frerich (DGIM inventory)

Works

  • De polyporum structura penitiori . Goettingen 1843.
  • Studies on bile in a physiological and pathological relationship . Goettingen 1845.
  • Commentatio de natura miasmalis palustris . Habilitation, Göttingen 1845.
  • About gelatinous and colloid tumors . 1847.
  • About the level of metabolism and the use of nitrogenous and nitrogen-free nutrients . In: Archive for Anatomy, Physiology and Scientific Medicine , Leipzig 1849.
  • About brain sclerosis . In: Archive for the entire Medicin , Jena, Vol. 10, 1849, pp. 334-350.
  • Bright's kidney disease and its treatment . Friedrich Vieweg and son, Braunschweig 1851.
  • Liver Diseases Clinic. 2 volumes, Braunschweig 1858 and 1861.
  • About diabetes mellitus . Berlin 1884.

literature

  • Carl Anton Ewald:  Frerichs, Friedrich Theodor von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 782-790.
  • Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography Volume 1: Hannoversche men and women since 1866 , Sponholtz, Hanover 1912, pp. 126–128
  • Manfred Stürzbecher :  Frerichs, Friedrich Theodor von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 404 ( digitized version ).
  • Biographical Lexicon of Outstanding Doctors of All Times and Nations , p. 437, digitized
  • Wilhelm Haberling , Franz Huebotter , Hermann Vierordt: Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Berlin-Vienna 1929–1934. 6 volumes.
  • Peter Schneck: Frerichs, Theodor von. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 437 f.
  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1908, second year, p.309
  • Hildegard Kurz: Friedrich Theodor Frerichs. His life and his works. 1819-1885. GH Nolte Verlag, Düsseldorf 1938.
  • Ernst Leyden , from: 1. Obituary: Friedrich Theodor Frerichs. Z. clin. Med. IX. 1885 2. H. 2. On the death of Friedrich Theodor Frerich. German med. Wschr. Berlin (1885) p. 117 ff.
  • Moritz Litten : On the death of Friedrich Theodor Frerich. Vienna. med. Wschr. 35. Vol. 15, 1885 p. 465 ff.
  • Bernhard Naunyn : memories, thoughts and opinions. Munich 1925.
  • Hermann Vierordt: Causes of Death in the Medical Condition. Stuttgart 1926.
  • Harro Jenss: Friedrich Theodor Frerichs - founder of modern hepatology - 200th birthday. Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 57: 291-292.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel C. Hüntelmann: Paul Ehrlich: Life, Research, Economics, Networks. Wallstein, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0867-1 , p. 45.
  2. ↑ Blue book of the Frisia fraternity in Göttingen . In: Fraternity Frisia Gottingensis (Ed.): From July 1, 1811 to the present, taking into account the previous period since 1807 . Göttingen May 10, 1931.
  3. ↑ Axel C. Hüntelmann: Paul Ehrlich: Life, Research, Economics, Networks , Göttingen: Wallstein, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0867-1 , p. 45.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang U. Eckart : Illustrated History of Medicine , Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York 2011, on Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs and Paul Ehrlich, p. 127, Illustrated History of Medicine 2011
  5. ^ Member entry of Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs at the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina , accessed on March 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Doctors newspaper: Swiss Embassy: In the footsteps of Theodor Frerichs. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Member History: Friedrich T. von Frerichs. American Philosophical Society, accessed August 12, 2018 (incorrect name spelling).
  8. ↑ Axel C. Hüntelmann: Paul Ehrlich: Life, Research, Economics, Networks , Göttingen: Wallstein, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8353-0867-1 , p. 71.
  9. ↑ The old St._Matthäus-Kirchhof_Aktu. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
  10. ↑ station | University hospital Freiburg. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Doctors newspaper: Swiss Embassy: In the footsteps of Theodor Frerichs. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Letter # 534 v. June 6, 1874 in: Fjodor Dostojewski, Anna Dostojewskaja: Correspondence 1866–1880. Ruetten & Loening, Berlin 1982
  13. ^ Letter # 535 v. 13./25. June 1874 in: Fjodor Dostojewski, Anna Dostojewskaja: Correspondence 1866-1880. Ruetten & Loening, Berlin 1982
  14. ↑ Harro Jenss: Friedrich Theodor Frerichs - founder of modern hepatology - 200th birthday . In: Journal of Gastroenterology . tape 57 , no. March 03 , 2019, ISSN  0044-2771 , p. 291-292 , doi : 10.1055 / a-0853-6287 .
personal data
SURNAME Frerichs, Friedrich Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frerichs, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and internist
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurich
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1885
Place of death Berlin