Joseph Frank (physician)
Joseph Frank (23 December 1771, in
Rastadt – 18 December 1842, in Como
) was a German physician.
Biography
He was the son of physician
pink eye
.
Work
He was one of the more influential advocates of the Brunonian system of physic, and published "Grundriss der Pathologie nach den Gesetzen der Erregungstheorie" (Vienna, 1803). As his career progressed, however, he became highly critical of Brunonianism.[2] His "Praxeos Medicæ Universæ Præcepta" (Leipzig, second edition, 1826–43) has been translated into German (9 volumes, 1828–43) and French.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the The American Cyclopædia.
External links
- August Hirsch (1877), "Frank, Joseph", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 257–258
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