Person    | Male  Born 1745  Died 1821

Johann Peter Frank

Categories: Medicine

Countries: Austria, France, Germany

Born Rotalben, Bavaria to a French father. Worked as a doctor in France and Germany. He wrote on preventative medicine and toured Europe promoting his ideas. Died in Vienna where, despite his retirement, he was practicing.

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