Albert Henry Freiberg

Albert Henry Freiberg (1868 – 1940) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously associated with Freiberg infraction

Born 17 August 1868 Cincinnati, Ohio
1890 – MD Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Cincinnati Medical School)
Studied in Wurzburg, Strassburg, Berlin, Paris, Vienna and London during his graduate years
1902-1939 Professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
1910 – President of the American Orthopedic Association
1914-1918 WWI Rank of Major n the U.S. Army Medical corps. Member of the advisory council on orthopedic surgery at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC
Director of orthopedic surgery services at the Cincinnati General, Jewish and Children’s hospitals in Cincinnati
Chairman of the Professional Advisory Committee on Crippled Children, Ohio.
Died 14 July 1940 Cincinnati, Ohio

Freiberg AH. Infraction of the second metatarsal – a typical injury. Transactions of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association 1914;26:171-174. [Freiberg infraction]
Freiberg AH. The so-called infraction of the second metatarsal bone. J Bone Joint Surg 1926; 8: 257-61.

Freiberg Family Papers. American Jewish Archives Collection No. 716
Hunter TB, Peltier LF, Lund PJ. Radiologic history exhibit. Musculoskeletal eponyms: who are those guys? RadioGraphics 2000; 20: 819-36. [Full Text]