FRANK, Johann Peter
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System einer vollständigen medicinischen Polizey. 9 vols.Mannheim: Tübingen, Wien, 1779 – 1827.The first systematic treatise on public hygiene. Frank believed the ruler of a state should stand in the relation of a father to his children, among his duties being the safeguarding of the people’s health and the preservation of a healthy race by appropriate laws. The last two volumes were edited by G. C. G. Voigt. Portions were translated into English as A system of complete medical police: Selections from Johann Peter Frank. Edited with an introduction by Erna Lesky. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1976.). Subjects: PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL MEDICINE |
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De curandis hominum morbis epitome. 6 vols.Mannheim: C.F. Schwan, 1792 – 1794.Subjects: THERAPEUTICS |
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De vertebralis columnae in morbis dignitate. In his Delectus opusculorum medicorum, 11, 1-50Ticino, 1792.Frank, best remembered for his great services to public health, was the first physician to emphasize the gravity of diseases of the spinal cord. Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System |
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De curandis hominum morbis epitome. Liber V.Mannheim: C. F. Schwann & C. G. Goetz, 1794.Frank was the first to define diabetes insipidus (pp. 38-67). Subjects: ENDOCRINOLOGY › Pituitary, Metabolism & Metabolic Disorders › Diabetes |