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PSORIASIS: A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW

PSORIASIS: A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW Abstract Psoriasis is an antidote for dermatologists' ego. It is the most vulnerable point in their armor as experts, and it remains the most baffling of dermatoses despite the great advances recently made in dermatology. Dermatologists of today can ill afford to look askance at the masters of yesterday, for except in diagnosis and palliative treatment they have accomplished nothing in the management of this disease. Because of its antiquity, its confusion with leprosy and other dermatoses and the complete lack of progress both in its therapeutics and in the knowledge of its pathogenesis, the disease is of extraordinary interest, historically as well as philosophically. There is scarcely a therapeutic measure or an etiologic factor mentioned today which did not originate in the minds of dermatologists seventy or more years ago. It is passing strange that this apparent checkmate should have occurred in this particular disease. When one considers References 1. Rayer, P.: Treatises on the Diseases of the Skin , ed. 2, London, J. B. Baillière, 1835, p. 642. 2. Fox, Howard: Dermatology of the Ancients , J. A. M. A. 65:469 ( (Aug. 7) ) 1915.Crossref 3. Pusey, W. A.: The History of Dermatology , Springfield, Ill., Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1933, p. 28. 4. Celsus, Aurelius Cornelius: De re medica , translated by James Greive, ed. 3, London, E. Portwine, 1837. 5. Robinson, Victor: The Story of Medicine , New York, Albert & Charles Boni, 1931, p. 98. 6. Sandys, John E.: A Companion to Latin Studies , ed. 3, London, Cambridge University Press, 1929, p. 718. 7. Columella: De re rustica, book 11, chap. 2. 8. Quintilian: Institutio oratoria, book 12, chap. 2. 9. Hebra, Ferdinand: On Diseases of the Skin Including the Exanthemata , translated by C. Hilton Fagge and P. H. Pye-Smith, London, New Sydenham Society, 1868, vol. 2, p. 3. 10. Le Clerc, Daniel: Histoire de la médecine , Amsterdam, G. Gallet, 1702, pt. (2) , book 14, sect. 11, chap. 4, p. 219. 11. Willan, Robert: On Cutaneous Diseases , Philadelphia, Kimber & Conrad, 1809, vol. 1, p. 115. 12. Besnier, Ernest; Brocq, L., and Jacquet, L.: La practique dermatologique , Paris, Masson & Cie, 1904, p. 88. 13. Alibert, J. L.: Description des maladies de la peau observées à l'Hôpital Saint Louis, et exposition des meilleures méthodes suivies pour leur traitement , ed. 2, Bruxelles, A. Wahlen, 1825, vol. 2, p. 563. 14. Fox, W. T.: Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, second American edition from the London third edition , New York, William Wood & Company, 1873. 15. Neligan, J. M.: A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin , Dublin, Fannin & Co., 1866, p. 230. 16. Gaskoin, George: On the Psoriasis or Lepra , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1875. 17. Nobl, Gabor, in Jadassohn, J.: Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten , Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928, vol. 7, pt. (1) , p. 180. 18. Gibert, C. M.: Traité pratique des maladies spéciales de la peau , ed. 2, Paris, Germer-Baillière, 1840, p. 323. 19. Abramowitz, E. W.: Leprosy? Psoriasis? Case Presentation , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 13:276 ( (Feb.) ) 1926. 20. Sutton, Richard L.: Diseases of the Skin , ed. 6, St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1926, p. 208. 21. Ormsby, Oliver S.: A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin , ed. 3, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1927, p. 259. 22. Bryan, Cyril P.: The Papyrus Ebers , New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1931. 23. Turner, Daniel: A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin , ed. 2, London, R. Bonwicke, 1723, p. 18. 24. Turner,23 p. 32. 25. Squire, A. J. B.: On the Treatment of Psoriasis by an Ointment of Chrysophanic Acid , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1878, p. 8. 26. Bechet, Paul E.: Arsenic: History of Its Use in Dermatology , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 23:110 ( (Jan.) ) 1931. 27. Girdlestone, Thomas: Observations on the Effects of Dr. Fowler's Mineral Solution in Lepra and Other Diseases , London M. & Phys. J. 15:297 ( (April) ) 1806. 28. Lipp, E.: Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 1:362, 1869. 29. MacKee, George M.: X-Rays and Radium in the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin , ed. 2, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1927, p. 517. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology American Medical Association

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Abstract Psoriasis is an antidote for dermatologists' ego. It is the most vulnerable point in their armor as experts, and it remains the most baffling of dermatoses despite the great advances recently made in dermatology. Dermatologists of today can ill afford to look askance at the masters of yesterday, for except in diagnosis and palliative treatment they have accomplished nothing in the management of this disease. Because of its antiquity, its confusion with leprosy and other dermatoses and the complete lack of progress both in its therapeutics and in the knowledge of its pathogenesis, the disease is of extraordinary interest, historically as well as philosophically. There is scarcely a therapeutic measure or an etiologic factor mentioned today which did not originate in the minds of dermatologists seventy or more years ago. It is passing strange that this apparent checkmate should have occurred in this particular disease. When one considers References 1. Rayer, P.: Treatises on the Diseases of the Skin , ed. 2, London, J. B. Baillière, 1835, p. 642. 2. Fox, Howard: Dermatology of the Ancients , J. A. M. A. 65:469 ( (Aug. 7) ) 1915.Crossref 3. Pusey, W. A.: The History of Dermatology , Springfield, Ill., Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1933, p. 28. 4. Celsus, Aurelius Cornelius: De re medica , translated by James Greive, ed. 3, London, E. Portwine, 1837. 5. Robinson, Victor: The Story of Medicine , New York, Albert & Charles Boni, 1931, p. 98. 6. Sandys, John E.: A Companion to Latin Studies , ed. 3, London, Cambridge University Press, 1929, p. 718. 7. Columella: De re rustica, book 11, chap. 2. 8. Quintilian: Institutio oratoria, book 12, chap. 2. 9. Hebra, Ferdinand: On Diseases of the Skin Including the Exanthemata , translated by C. Hilton Fagge and P. H. Pye-Smith, London, New Sydenham Society, 1868, vol. 2, p. 3. 10. Le Clerc, Daniel: Histoire de la médecine , Amsterdam, G. Gallet, 1702, pt. (2) , book 14, sect. 11, chap. 4, p. 219. 11. Willan, Robert: On Cutaneous Diseases , Philadelphia, Kimber & Conrad, 1809, vol. 1, p. 115. 12. Besnier, Ernest; Brocq, L., and Jacquet, L.: La practique dermatologique , Paris, Masson & Cie, 1904, p. 88. 13. Alibert, J. L.: Description des maladies de la peau observées à l'Hôpital Saint Louis, et exposition des meilleures méthodes suivies pour leur traitement , ed. 2, Bruxelles, A. Wahlen, 1825, vol. 2, p. 563. 14. Fox, W. T.: Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, second American edition from the London third edition , New York, William Wood & Company, 1873. 15. Neligan, J. M.: A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin , Dublin, Fannin & Co., 1866, p. 230. 16. Gaskoin, George: On the Psoriasis or Lepra , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1875. 17. Nobl, Gabor, in Jadassohn, J.: Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten , Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928, vol. 7, pt. (1) , p. 180. 18. Gibert, C. M.: Traité pratique des maladies spéciales de la peau , ed. 2, Paris, Germer-Baillière, 1840, p. 323. 19. Abramowitz, E. W.: Leprosy? Psoriasis? Case Presentation , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 13:276 ( (Feb.) ) 1926. 20. Sutton, Richard L.: Diseases of the Skin , ed. 6, St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1926, p. 208. 21. Ormsby, Oliver S.: A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin , ed. 3, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1927, p. 259. 22. Bryan, Cyril P.: The Papyrus Ebers , New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1931. 23. Turner, Daniel: A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin , ed. 2, London, R. Bonwicke, 1723, p. 18. 24. Turner,23 p. 32. 25. Squire, A. J. B.: On the Treatment of Psoriasis by an Ointment of Chrysophanic Acid , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1878, p. 8. 26. Bechet, Paul E.: Arsenic: History of Its Use in Dermatology , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 23:110 ( (Jan.) ) 1931. 27. Girdlestone, Thomas: Observations on the Effects of Dr. Fowler's Mineral Solution in Lepra and Other Diseases , London M. & Phys. J. 15:297 ( (April) ) 1806. 28. Lipp, E.: Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 1:362, 1869. 29. MacKee, George M.: X-Rays and Radium in the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin , ed. 2, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1927, p. 517.

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