In 1827, Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–1862) founded the Philosophical-Medical Society of Würzburg, which was incorporated into the Physico-Medical Society in 1853. Prior to this, there were two attempts to establish a dedicated periodical as the Society’s publication organ: in 1828, three issues of the Yearbooks of the Philosophical-Medical Society were published, followed by another brief attempt in 1830 with the publication of the New Yearbooks of the Royal Philosophical-Medical Society of Würzburg.