With the rapidly increasing amount of surgical and laser knowledge that has to be learned, we run the risk of not spending enough educational efforts on the morphologic findings on which the specialty of dermatology is based.
Objective:
To briefly review and evaluate a 1916 dermatology text by Henry Stelwagon.
Conclusion:
This text has excellent clinical descriptions of diseases. As a bonus, we can find a succinct summary of the world literature up to 1916 on each topic presented.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
CrisseyJTParishLCHolubarK. Historical atlas of dermatology and dermatologists. New York: Panthenon; 2002.
2.
GoodmanH. Notable contributions to the knowledge of dermatology. New York: Medical Lay Press; 1953.
3.
CrisseyJTParishLC. The dermatology of syphilology of the nineteenth century. New York: Prager; 1981.
4.
HartzellMB. Memoir of Henry Weightman Stelwagon, MD, 1853–1919. Arch Dermatol Syphilol1920;1:190–3.
5.
StelwagonHW. A treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners. 8th ed rev.Philadelphia: Saunders; 1916.
6.
DarierJ. A textbook of dermatology. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger; 1920.
7.
PuseyWA. The principles and practice of dermatology designed for students and practitioners. New York: Appleton; 1911.
8.
SuttonRL. Diseases of the skin. St. Louis: Mosby; 1919.
