Scott Jackson

Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology

Order Out of Chaos

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Produktbeschreibung

This text is both a history of skin disease and a history of dermatology, telling the human historical experience of skin disease and how we have come to know what we know about the skin and its myriad diseases over the course of four millennia, looking at key figures in life and literature and key events such as the Black Death and the eradication of smallpox. _Examines how the history of skin disease fits into the larger picture of the history of each age_Provides dermatological insight into major events and personalities from history_Offers a unique perspective on the history of each age

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 182mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781032226606
• ISBN-10: 1032226609
• Artikelnr.: 64105420

Autorenporträt

Scott M. Jackson, MD, is a dermatologist in private practice in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA, having previously served as a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Dermatology at the LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

• Introduction



• Part I Chaos



• 1. Ancient Mesopotamia





• 2. Ancient Egypt





• 3. Classical Greece





• 4. The Roman Empire





• Interlude 1 Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)





• 5. The Early Middle Ages





• 6. The Islamic Golden Age





• 7. The Medieval West





• 8. The Renaissance





• Interlude 2 The Black Death and Other Pandemics





• Part II Order



• 9. The Scientific Revolution





• 10. The Enlightenment





• Interlude 3 Syphilis





• 11. The Nineteenth Century: An Introduction





• 12. The British School





• 13. The French School





• Interlude 4 Smallpox





• 14. The Vienna School and the German Schools





• 15. American Dermatology in the Nineteenth Century





• 16. The Twentieth Century and Beyond



• Conclusion

Rezensionen

It was the winner of the John T Crissey Prize 2023.

'This is very much a text driven book with an academic bend but it is very readable and fascinating and there is a good collection of endnotes. This is a considerable and scholarly work on the topic as stated in the title.'

- Dr. Harry Brown, General Practitioner, Leeds, UK

"...a milestone in the historiography of dermatology precisely thanks to its comprehensiveness, its specificity, and its systematicity."

- Doody's Review Service

"This book is a must-read for dermatologists and anyone interested in the history of medicine."

- JEADV

"This book offers the advantage and the possible countereffects of such a vast collection of material: whereas it covers almost all aspects of the topic, it also conveys the approximations that are necessary to complete the picture. Nevertheless, it will be a milestone in the historiography of dermatology precisely thanks to its comprehensiveness, its specificity, and its systematicity." - Alain Touwaide, Ronin Institute