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Article: The Beginnings Of Dermatology: A Brief Review.
- Article from:
- Dermatology Nursing
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
- Author:
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Exciting scientific gains in medicine propel dermatology onward, and our focus in practice is to scan the horizon for new information that will help us care for our patients' skin problems. An occasional "about-face," a look backward to the beginnings of dermatology, can help us place our efforts in their proper perspective.
Dermatology as a distinct specialty dates only back to the mid 1800s. Before that time, management of skin disorders constituted part of the general practice of medicine, and everything written about the skin was written by generalists.
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