Johann Jakob Fried Explained

Johann Jakob Fried (21 April 1689, Strasbourg  - 3 September 1769, Strasbourg) was a German obstetrician. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of German midwifery".^[1] His son, Georg Albrecht Fried (1736-1773), was also a noted obstetrician.^[2]

In 1710 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Strasbourg with a dissertation thesis titled ""De cordis palpitatione". From 1728 onward, he was director of the Prätor Franz Josef von Klinglin municipal midwifery school in Strasbourg, a popular school that attracted students from throughout Europe. He was considered an excellent teacher,^[2] and he played a major role during the advent of scientific obstetrics in Germany.^[3] Among his better known pupils was future Göttingen professor, Johann Georg Roederer.^{[1] [2]}

Works associated with Johann Jakob Fried

• "Praelectiones materiae medicae D.D. Paul. Hermanni ... / Pensum IV." (as contributor), 1709.^[4]
• "Gravidarum urinae suppressio, non remidiis internis, sed catheteris adplicatione, unicae curanda", in: Acta physico-medica Ac. Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, ebd. 1742, S. 422-25.^[2]
• "La vie et l'œuvre François Mauriceau : introduction de ses idées en Alsace au XVIIIeme siecle par Johann Jakob Fried et son fils Georg Albrecht", by Bénédicte Marie Catherine Luff, Strasbourg, 1983.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Fried,_Johann_Jakob ADB:Fried, Johann Jakob
2. http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz17227.html Fried, Johann Jakob
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=sbABAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Anfangsgr%C3%BCnde+der+Geburtshilfe%22+Fried&pg=PA7 Google Books
4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/165256581 OCLC WorldCat
5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/493920298 OCLC WorldCat