This superbly illustrated and fascinating history sheds new light on t he emergence of dermatology as a separate medical specialty and on som e of the key players who have contributed to its development. Ranging from the early Egyptian period to the present day, it offers a unique insight to dermatologists about their past and about the influences th at led to present practice. The volume features an exceptional range o f illustrations with historical plates such as 'Molluscum contagiosum', from Thomas Bateman's Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases, 1817, an 1 869 painting of ichthyosis hystrix...