Hoffmann, friedrich

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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(¤ 1660, † 1742) Professor of medicine in Halle. Hoffmann was personal physician to the Prussian kings Friedrich I and Friedrich Wilhelm I and one of the most prolific and important writers and systematists of his time. He distinguished the gonorhhea into a "benigna" and a "virulenta". Regarding bloodletting in gonorrhoea he said: "Bloodletting is rare in gonorrhoea, and only necessary in young and full-blooded men".

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Proksch JK (1895) The history of venereal diseases. Published by Peter Hanstein, Bonn, S. 331-333

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer