Maximilian von Frey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maximilian von Frey

Austrian-born German physiologist

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1852

Place of Birth: Salzburg

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1932

Profession: university teacher, physiologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Maximilian von Frey

  • Maximilian (Max) Ruppert Franz von Frey (November 16, 1852 – January 25, 1932) was an Austrian-German physiologist who was born in Salzburg. He received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1877, and subsequently worked at Carl Ludwig's Physiological Institute in Leipzig.
  • Later he was a professor of physiology at the Universities of Würzburg and Zurich. Frey's primary work in Leipzig dealt with the circulatory system, and he is credited with developing an early prototype of a heart-lung machine.
  • He is remembered for his work involving cutaneous sensory mechanoreceptors.
  • During the 1890s, Frey proposed that pain is an independent tactile quality, alongside touch, heat and cold, and that it is associated with stimulation of high-threshold free nerve endings.
  • He described the skin as a mosaic of discrete spots, each sensitive to one or another of these stimuli.
  • He created a unique type of esthesiometer, now referred to as a von Frey hair, which consisted of various calibrated monofilaments.
  • These filaments can be used to determine the threshold force required to produce the sensation of touch or pain.

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