Friedrich Jacob Behrend (12 June 1803 in Neustettin – 30 May 1889 in Berlin) was a German physician known for his published works, in particular, subjects dealing with sexually transmitted disease, public hygiene and prostitution.
[1] He is also credited with translating a number of foreign language medical works into German.
[4] In 1842 he translated into German William Wallace's A Treatise on the Venereal Disease and Its Varieties (1833).
[5] In 1829 he settled in Berlin, where he was employed by the municipal police department as a medical examiner of prostitutes.
[3] He contributed numerous essays to Johann Nepomuk Rust's "Magazins für die gesammte Heilkunde", Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland's "Journal der Praktischen Arznei und Wundarzneikunde" and to Adolph Henke's "Zeitschrift für die Staatsarzneikunde".