-During the US Civil War Joseph Jones described NF.

-There was a documentation of Necrotizing Fasciitis in the perineal and general region in 1883.

Backround

-"Necrotizing fasciitis is part of a spectrum of soft-tissue infections first described by Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C. as a complication of "erysipelas."( http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Article/A-Brief-History-of-Necrotizing-Fasciitis.aspx)