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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2016; 44 (2)

The tools used for teaching dermatology throughout history

Diehl C

Language: Spanish
References: 21
Page: 144-151
PDF size: 644.10 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Dermatology is the study of skin diseases. This is a full medical specialty since the end of the eighteenth century. In the course of the nineteenth century the three major schools of dermatology were in London, Paris and Vienna, according to the languages used to teach it. The first textbook of dermatology dates 1572 and was Italian, written by Girolamo Mercuriale. It was followed by the beginning of the eighteenth century by two textbooks written in English by Turner and Willan. In 1817, Bateman’s was the first atlas of dermatology, enriched for the first time by engravings. A while later, Alibert was publishing a similar atlas written in French. In German-speaking countries, the first atlas was only published in 1856 in Vienna by Ferdinand Von Hebra. In the meantime, moulages (mouldings) were another popular and very artistic way of teaching dermatology. They were mainly used in Europe, and we still possess various valuable collections in different places. Photography was first described in 1839 and used for the first time in medicine in 1845 by Donné in a textbook of bacteriology. In 1864 photography started to be applied to dermatology, and more and more books were published which were including photographs. From 1935 onward, the invention of diafilms permitted having the dermatological pictures on slides which could be easily projected to a great number of persons at the same time. In 1838 was published the first Journal of Dermatology in German, which was followed by analogues in French, Italian and English languages. The next and last revolution in the tools for teaching dermatology was the occurrence of Internet, mainly in 1995. This permits instantaneous connection, updating and sharing of knowledge all around the world. All the books and journals have now their electronic version, accessible by anybody anywhere. This is also the technical support for teledermatology.


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