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Frerichs, c. 1880
Frerichs, c. 1880

Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs

German pathologist
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March 24, 1819, Aurich, Hanover [Germany]
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March 14, 1885, Berlin, Ger. (aged 65)
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Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (born March 24, 1819, Aurich, Hanover [Germany]—died March 14, 1885, Berlin, Ger.) was a German founder of experimental pathology whose emphasis on the teaching of physiology and medical biochemistry helped give clinical medicine a scientific foundation. Frerichs worked at the University of Breslau (1851–59) and then directed the Charité Hospital at the University of Berlin (1859–85). A leading exponent of clinical medicine supported by exacting laboratory analyses and experiments, he decisively influenced the development of his students, one of whom was Paul Ehrlich, a corecipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in immunity. ...(100 of 110 words)

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