1st Edition

Classics in Clinical Dermatology with Biographical Sketches, 50th Anniversary

    680 Pages 152 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    First published in 1953, this new edition of the popular Classics in Clinical Dermatology with Biographical Sketches has been updated to include developments during the 50 years since its initial publication. It contains the complete contents of the first edition and presents over 30 additional papers, some of them classics not included in the first edition and other significant publications from the second half of the 20th century. The diseases depicted vary from daily clinical fare to the rarest of the rare. Some chapters provide case reports, while others are the result of countless hours spent meticulously studying patients. Compiled and edited by acknowledged leaders in the field, Classics in Clinical Dermatology with Biographical Sketches 50th Anniversary, Second Edition gives you a taste of the diagnostic problems confronted by master dermatologists and how they solved them.

    EARLY WORKERS
    Robert Willan
    Purpose of a Treatise on Cutaneous Disease, Definitions of Technical Terms, Psoriasis, Ichthyosis, Erythema Nodosum, Pemphigus.
    Thomas Bateman
    Molluscum Contagiosum, Papular Urticaria, Eczema, Sycosis Barbae.
    Michael Underwood
    Sclerema Neonatorum
    Jean Louis Albert
    Lupus Vulgaris, Ketoid, Mycosis Fungoides, Dermatolysis.
    Armand Trousseau
    Cutaneous Diphtheria
    Luca Stulli
    Mal de Meleda
    Pierre Francois Rayer
    Ecthyma, Chelitis Exfoliative, Lingua Nigra.
    Samuel Plumbe
    Acne Vulgaris. Tinea Capitis.
    Alphee Cazenave
    Pemphigus Foliaceus. Lupus Erythematosus.
    Julius Otto Ludwig Moeller
    Moeller's Glossitis
    Auguste Nelaton
    Malum Perforans Pedis
    Alphonse Devergie
    Numular Eczema. Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris.
    Max Burchardt
    Erythrasma
    Ernest Bazin
    Eyrthema Induratum. Hydroa Vacciniforme.
    Thomas Addison
    Xanthoma. Morphea.
    Camille Gilbert
    Pitytiasis Rosea
    Samuel Wilks
    Verruca Necrogenica

    THE MIDDLE PERIOD
    Ferdinand von Hebra
    Erythema Multiformes. Lichen Scrofulosorum. Prurigo. Pitytriasis Rubra. Rhinoscleronia. Impetigo Herpetiformis.
    Jules Parrot
    Edema Neonatorum
    Erasmus Wilson
    Lichen Planus. Necus Araneus. Exfoliate Dermatitis. Neurotic Excoriations.
    Edward Nettleship
    Urticaria Pigmentosa
    Richard von Volkmann
    Cheilitis Glandularis
    Tilbury Fox
    Impetigo Contagiosa. Dysidrosis.
    James Paget
    Paget's Disease

    A GOLDEN AGE
    Louis Duhring
    Prurigo Hiemalis. Dermatitis Herpetiformis.
    Isidor Neumann
    Pemphigus Vegetans.
    Walter G. Smith
    Monilethrix
    Moritz Kaposi
    Dermatitis Papillaris. Capillitii. Multiple Idiopathic Hemorrhagic Sarcoma. Xeroderma Pigmentation. Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption.
    William Augustus Hardaway
    Prurigo Nodularis.
    Alfred Goldscheider
    Epidermolysis Bullosa.
    Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke
    Angiobeurotic Edema.
    Jonathan Hutchinson
    Hydroa Aestivale. Solid Edema. Arsenical Keratosis. Angioma Serpiginosum.
    August Breisky
    Kraurosis Vulvae.
    Julius Friedrich Rosenbach
    Erysipeloid.
    Ernst Lebericht Wagner
    Colloid Millum. Dermatomyositis.
    Henry Radcliffe-Crocker
    Dermatitis Gangrenosa Infantum. Dermatitis Repens. Erythema Elevatum Diutinum. Granuloma Annulare.
    Paul Gerson Unna
    Seborrheic Dermatitis.
    Charles Quinquaud
    Folliculitis Decalvans.
    James C. White
    Keratosis Follicularis.
    J.J. Pringle
    Adenoma Sebaceum.
    Colcott Fox
    Eyrthema Gyratum Perstans.
    Ernst Schweninger
    Multiple Benign Tumor-like New Growths of the Skin.
    Sigmund Pollitzer
    Acanthosis Nigricans.
    Ernst Besnier
    Atopic Dermatitis.
    H.G. Brooke
    Epithelioma Adenoides Cysticum.
    William F. Milroy
    Hereditary Edema of the Legs.
    Emile Vidal
    Keratosis Blennorrhagica.
    Vittorio Mibelli
    Angiokeratoma. Porokeratosis.
    Andrew Rose Robinson
    Hidrocystoma.
    John Addison Fordyce
    Angiokeratoma of the Scrotum. Pseudo-colloid of the Lips.
    Henri Rendu
    Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
    Antonin Poncet
    Pyogenic Granuloma.
    Domenico Majocchi
    Purpura Annularis Telangiectodes.
    Henri Hallopeau
    Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus. Acrodermatitis Continua.
    Benjamin Robinson Schenck
    Sporotrichosis.
    Caesar Boeck
    Sarcoidosis.

    MORE RECENT OBSERVATIONS
    Jean-Louis Brocq
    Pseudopelade. Keratosis Pilaris. Neurodermatitis Circumscripta. Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma. Parapsoriasis.
    Edvard Ehlers
    The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
    George Henry Fox
    Fox-Fordyce Disease.
    Abraham Buschke
    Scleredema Adultorum.
    Martin Feeney Engman
    Infectious Eczematoid Dermatitis.
    Theodor Escherich
    Erythema Infectiosum.
    Josef Jadassohn
    Macular Atrophy. Granulosis Rubra Nasi. Cutis Verticis Gyrata. Pachyonychia Congenita.
    Eduard Jacobi
    Poikilodermia Vascularis Atrophicans.
    Felix Pinkus
    Lichen Nitidus.
    Carl Leiner
    Leiner's Disease.
    Grover Wende
    Eyrthema Figurata Perstans.
    Jay Frank Schamberg
    Schamberg's Disease. Grain Itch.
    Louis Queyrat
    Erythroplasia.
    J.E. McDonagh
    Nevoxantho-Endothelioma.
    John T. Bowen
    Bowen's Disease.
    Benjamin Lipschuetz
    Ulcus Vulvae Acutum.
    Richard L. Sutton
    Periadentis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens. Leucoderma Acquisitum Centrifugum.
    C. Guy Lane
    Chromoblastomycosis.
    Max Winkler
    Chrondrodermatitis. Nodularis Chronica Helicis.
    Jean Darier
    Darier's Disease. Pseudo-xanthoma Elasticum. Erythema Annularae Centrifugum.
    Gustav Riehl
    Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis. Riehl's Melanosis.
    F. Parkes-Weber
    Relapsing Non-suppurative Nodular Panniculitis.
    Aldo Castellani
    Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra.
    Henri Gougerot and Paul Blum
    Pigmented Pupuric Lichenoid Dermatitis.
    George Pornet
    Symmetric Erythema of the Soles.
    Bruno Bloch
    Incontinentia Pigmenti.
    Francis E. Senear and Barney Usher
    Pemphigus Erythematodes.
    Erich Urbach
    Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum.
    George A. Peterkin
    Orf.
    Marion A. Sulzberger and William Garbe
    Exudative Discoid and Lichenoid Chronic Dermatosis.
    Hulusi Behcet
    Triple Symptom Complex.
    Howard Hailey and Hugh Hailey
    Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus.
    Joao Paulo Vieira
    Fogo Salvagem.
    Stuart D. Allen and John P. O'Brien
    Tropical Anidrosis.
    Johannes Fabry
    Angiokeratoma Corporis Diffusum (Fabry's Disease).
    Agostino A. Pasini and Luigi E. Pierini
    Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini.
    Louis Brunsting
    Pyoderma Gangrenosum.
    F. Wegener
    Wegener's Granulomatosis.
    Albert Sezary
    Sezary Syndrome.
    Masao Ota.
    Nevus Fusco-coeruleus Ophthalmomaxillaris (Nevus of Ota).
    S. William Becker
    Necrolytic Migratory Erythema: (Glucagonoma Syndrome) . Becker's Nevus.
    Clarence S. Livingood
    Dhobie Dermatitis.
    Eugene M. Farber
    Hypertensive Ulcer.
    Sophie Spitz
    Spitz Nevus.
    Walter F. Lever
    Bullous Pemphigoid
    Max Jessner
    Jessner's Lymphocytic Infiltrate.

    THE LAST FIFTY YEARS
    F. Gianotti and A. Crosti
    Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome (Papular Acrodermatitis of Childhood)).
    Ian Bruce Sneddon and Darrell S. Wilkinson
    Sneddon's Syndrome. Sneddon-Wilkinson Disease.
    Alan Lyell
    Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (Lyells Syndrome).
    Walter B. Shelley
    Larva Currens. Cold Erythema. Aquagenic Urticaria. Autoimmune Progesterone Sensitivity Dermatitis. Piezogenic Pedal Papules. Pincer Nails. Mid-dermal Elastolysis Wrinkles. Adrenergic Urticaria. Non-pigmenting Fixed Drug Eruption. Estrogen Dermatitis. Abacus Nodule. IgE Bullous Dermatitis. Aquadynia.
    William Bennett Bean
    Blue Rubber Bleb Nervous Syndrome (Bean's Syndrome).
    Earl W. Netherton
    Netherton's Syndrome.
    Harold O. Perry
    Reticular Erythematous Mucinosis (REM Syndrome).
    Albert M. Kligman
    Telogen Effluvium.
    John T. Crissey
    Calcaneal Petechiae (Black Heel, Talon Noir).
    Robert W. Goltz
    Focal Dermal Hypoplasia Syndrome (Goltz Syndrome).
    Peter D. Samman
    Yellow Nail Syndrome.
    R.D. Sweet
    Sweet Syndrome: Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis.
    Andre Bazex
    Acrokeratosis Paraneoplastica (Bazex Syndrome). Follicular Atrophoderma and Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (Bazex Atrophoderma).
    Ervin Epstein
    Acanthoma Fissuratum
    Marvin E. Chernosky
    Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis (DSAP).
    Amir H. Mehregan
    Reactive Perforating Collagenosis.
    Tomisaku Kawasaki
    Kawasaki's Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymp Node Syndrome).
    Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
    The Ash Leaf Macule of Tuberous Sclerosis.
    Lawrence M. Solomon
    Epidermal Nevus Syndrome.
    Ralph W. Grover
    Grover's Disease (Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis).
    Shigeo Ofuji
    Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease). Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji.
    George C. Wells
    Eosinophilic Cellulitis (Wells' Syndrome).
    Peyton E. Weary
    Weary's Syndrome. Cowden's Syndrome.
    Rona M. MacKie
    Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis.
    Thomas J. Lawley
    Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy (PUPP).
    Steven Kossard and Richard K. Winklemann
    Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma.
    Grant Anhalt
    Paraneoplastic Pemphigus.

    Index

    Biography

    Walter Brown Shelley and John Thorne Crissey

    Reviews of the first edition:
    "The authors have been successful in presenting the background of dermatologic literature in a highly entertaining and informative fashion. The volume is recommended for anyone interested in dermatology."
    - Southern Medical Journal

    "This delightful book will please all interested in the history of medicine and in the eponymous figures of dermatology."
    - The Lancet

    "… This volume is truly one of the classics of the dermatology literature. … Shelley had a brilliant mind, which would later make him one of the most respected professors in dermatology. … Nicely illustrated with drawings and photographs of many of the disorders. … Although this book is 650 pages long, I could hardly put it down. It is a tribute to Drs Shelley and Crissey and their incredible energy in assembling a 50th anniversary addition. 'Classics in Dermatology With Biological Sketches' belongs on the bookshelf of every serious dermatologist."
    - William P. Coleman III, M.D., JAMA, Vol. 292, no. 4, July 28, 2004