Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology

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.

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

• 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