Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology - Scott Jackson

Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology

Order out of Chaos

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
388 Seiten
2022
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-22660-6 (ISBN)
179,95 inkl. MwSt
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.
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

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 19 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Medizin / Pharmazie Allgemeines / Lexika
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Dermatologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Studium
ISBN-10 1-032-22660-9 / 1032226609
ISBN-13 978-1-032-22660-6 / 9781032226606
Zustand Neuware
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