# Frederick Forchheimer

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**Frederick Forchheimer** (1853–1913) was an American [pediatrician](/source/Pediatrician) known for describing [Forchheimer spots](/source/Forchheimer_spots).

## Biography

Frederick Forchheimer was born in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati) on September 25, 1853.[1] He was educated in public schools and the [Medical College of Ohio](/source/Medical_College_of_Ohio). He graduated from the [College of Physicians and Surgeons](/source/Columbia_University_Vagelos_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons) in New York in 1873.[2]

He became an instructor at the Medical College of Ohio in 1875, and founded one of the first clinics for children in the United States. He became professor of diseases of children, and published *Diseases of the Mouth in Children* in 1892 in which he described his eponymous sign.[3]

He married Edith Perry in 1885 and they had three children.[2]

He became president of the [Association of American Physicians](/source/Association_of_American_Physicians) in 1911 and was given an honorary [Doctor of Science](/source/Doctor_of_Science) degree by [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). He was professor of medicine at the [University of Cincinnati](/source/University_of_Cincinnati) at the time of his death, which occurred at [Jewish Hospital](/source/Jewish_Hospital_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)) on June 1, 1913, after a [prostate](/source/Prostate) operation. He was buried at [Spring Grove Cemetery](/source/Spring_Grove_Cemetery).[4]

[Forchheimer spots](/source/Forchheimer_spots) are named for him.[5]

## References

1. ["Frederick Forchheimer, 1853–1913"](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM191307101690216). *The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal*. **169** (2): 71–72. 10 July 1913. [doi:10.1056/NEJM191307101690216](https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM191307101690216). [ISSN 0096-6762](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0096-6762)

1. [*The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OqdgDiEkB40C&pg=PA388). Vol. XVI. James T. White & Company. 1918. p. 388. Retrieved 2020-12-12. – via Google Books.

1. Barry G. Firkin, Judith A. Whitworth. *Dictionary of Medical Eponyms*, second edition, page 127. Parthenon Publishing Group 1996. ISBN 1-85070-477-5.

1. ["Passing of Dr. Frederick Forchheimer"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34195404/the-american-israelite/). *[The American Israelite](/source/The_American_Israelite)*. 1913-06-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-12-12. – via Newspapers.com.

1. Stedman, Thomas Lathrop (2005). [*Stedman's Medical Eponyms*](https://books.google.com/books?id=isqcnR6ryz0C&pg=PA243). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9.

## Further reading

- ["In memoriam : Frederick Forchheimer"](https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll15/id/293214). *digital.cincinnatilibrary.org*. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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