Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology: Order Out of Chaos

ISBN-13: 9781032226606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 434 str.

Scott Jackson

Opis

This text is a history of skin disease and a history of dermatology, telling the human historical experience of skin disease and how we have come to learn about the skin and its myriad diseases over four millennia, looking at events such as the Black Death and the eradication of smallpox.

Recenzje

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

O autorze

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.