Holy medicine: Patron saints of wounds due to animal bites
The cult (system of religious beliefs and rituals) of saints in Western Europe appeared in the 3rd century CE and gained momentum from the 4th to the 6th centuries. Its importance for European society in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages was undeniable; holy medicine was the only hope for sick people because the number of physicians was insufficient, and usually physicians were helpless in the face of most of the ailments that plagued society at that time. The number of saints had increased over the years, and people sought medical help from them through prayer and other religious practices. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 29, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Agnieszka Polak, Edyta Chomentowska, Andrzej Grzybowski Tags: Caretaker of the Skin Source Type: research
Holy medicine. Patron saints of wounds due to animal bites
The cult (system of religious beliefs and rituals) of saints in Western Europe appeared in the 3rd century AD and gained momentum from the 4th to the 6th centuries. Its importance for the European society in the Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages was undeniable; the holy medicine was the only hope for the sick people because the number of physicians was insufficient and usually physicians were helpless in the face of most the ailments that plagued society at that time. The number of saints had increased over the years, and people sought medical help from them through prayer and other religious practices. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 29, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Agnieszka Polak, Edyta Chomentowska, Andrzej Grzybowski Tags: Caretaker of the Skin Source Type: research
Eponyms that honor Jewish dermatologists: A celebration and a remembrance, Part two: Jewish physicians who practiced between 1933 and 1945
This is the second installment of a three-part contribution that highlights the achievements of Jewish dermatologists as reflected by eponyms that honor their names. It covers the period 1933-1945 when the Nazis took over Germany and how the lives of 14 notable Jewish physicians, mostly in Germany, were impacted during the Holocaust. Many of them fled from the persecution, bringing their academic talents to other lands such as the United States. At least one committed suicide (Fritz Juliusberg), and three others perished in the Holocaust (Abraham Buschke, Lucja Frey-Gottesman, and Karl Herxheimer). (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 28, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Leonard J. Hoenig, Dan Lipsker, Lawrence Charles Parish Tags: Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future Source Type: research
Eponyms That Honor Jewish Dermatologists: A Celebration and a Remembrance Part Two: Jewish Physicians Who Practiced Between 1933 and 1945
This is the second installment of a three part contribution which highlights the achievements of Jewish dermatologists as reflected by eponyms that honor their names. It covers the period 1933-1945 when the Nazis took over Germany and how the lives of fourteen notable Jewish physicians, mostly in Germany, were impacted during the Holocaust. Many of them fled from the persecution bringing their academic talents to other lands such as the United States. At least one committed suicide (Fritz Juliusberg) and three others perished in the Holocaust (Abraham Buschke, Lucja Frey-Gottesman and Karl Herxheimer). (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 28, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Leonard J. Hoenig, Dan Lipsker, Lawrence Charles Parish Source Type: research
Celebrating culture in American dermatology part I: A special tribute to Dr E. A. (Billy) Hankins III, dermatologist with American Indian heritage as a minor part of his ethnic background
This contribution honors the life of Dr E. A. (Billy) Hankins III, a board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist with 40 years of practice experience, now retired, having American Indian heritage as a minor part of his ethnic background. Hankins spent many years as a physician volunteer for an indigent clinic serving the urban American Indian community of the city and county of Los Angeles, California (the American Indian Free Clinic). He is a Vietnam era war veteran as well as a master sculpture taxidermist and wildlife recreation artist. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 22, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: E.A. (Billy) Hankins, Anna Chacon, Leonard J. Hoenig Tags: Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future Source Type: research
British Royalty and Aristocracy: Their skin maladies Part II. Queen Mary II's death from hemorrhagic smallpox
In 1694, Queen Mary II (1662-1694) died at age 32 of hemorrhagic smallpox, a rare and fatal form of the viral infection. This contribution presents the clinical features of Queen Mary II's smallpox infection. It also reviews, from a modern-day perspective, the disseminated intravascular coagulopathy involved in the pathophysiology of hemorrhagic smallpox, which is characterized by thrombocytopenia, coagulation factor deficiency, and hypofibrinogenemia. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 22, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Gerald A. Soff, Nick J. Levell, Lawrence Charles Parish, Leonard J. Hoenig Tags: Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future Source Type: research
Celebrating Culture in American Dermatology Part I: A Special Tribute to Dr. E. A. (Billy) Hankins III, Dermatologist with American Indian Heritage as a Minor Part of his Ethnic Background
This contribution honors the life of Dr. E. A. (Billy) Hankins III, a board certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist with 40 years of practice experience, now retired, with American Indian heritage as a minor part of his ethnic background. Hankins spent many years as a physician volunteer for an indigent clinic serving the urban American Indian community of the city and county of Los Angeles, California (The American Indian Free Clinic). He is a Vietnam Era war veteran as well as a master sculpture taxidermist and wildlife recreation artist. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 22, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: E.A. Billy Hankins, Anna Chacon, Leonard J. Hoenig Source Type: research
Ceratum Galeni: An Old Eponym Honoring Galen and his Cold Cream
We present the images of a nineteenth-century apothecary white porcelain jar from Paris, France on which appears the words Cerat Galeni, as well as a twentieth-century oil painting by the American artist Robert Thom (1915-1979), that shows Galen administering his cold cream to a woman. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 22, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Dan Lipsker, Lawrence Chukwudi Nwabudike, Lawrence Charles Parish, Leonard J. Hoenig Source Type: research
British Royalty and Aristocracy: Their Skin Maladies Part II: Queen Mary II's Death from Hemorrhagic Smallpox
In 1694, Queen Mary II (1662-1694) died, at age 32, from hemorrhagic smallpox, a rare and fatal form of this viral infection. This contribution presents the clinical features of Queen Mary II's smallpox infection. It also reviews, from a modern day perspective, the disseminated intravascular coagulopathy involved in the pathophysiology of hemorrhagic smallpox, which is characterized by thrombocytopenia, coagulation factor deficiency, and hypofibrinogenemia. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 22, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Gerald A. Soff, Nick J. Levell, Lawrence Charles Parish, Leonard J. Hoenig Source Type: research
The history of louse-borne typhus and geomedizine
The experience of World War I made popular the concept of medical geography (geomedicine in English, geomedizine in German), which became part of Nazism's philosophy of national welfare, safety, and solidarity. The Nazis used it to create propaganda to show some groups as rats, vermin, and Untermenschen (subhumans). In this way, more than 10 million people were killed under the Nazi regime: 6 million Jews, plus more than 5 million Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other individuals who were not part of the German theory of “master race.” The Germans’ fear of typhus that spread in the Wehrmacht was so immense that dur...
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 21, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Agnieszka Polak, Katarzyna Pawlikowska- Łagód, Anna Zagaja, Andrzej Grzybowski Source Type: research
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Clinics in Dermatology
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Clinics in Dermatology which began with the July- September 1983 issue. Many things have changed over the past 40 years. Presidents have come and gone. The stock market has gone up and down. But in the field of dermatology, for the past four decades, Clinics in Dermatology has remained constant and steadfast in providing its readers with the most timely, insightful and entertaining topics in dermatology. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 21, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Leonard J. Hoenig Source Type: research
The history of louse-borne typhoid and Geomedizine
The experience of World War I made popular the concept of medical geography which become part of Nazism's philosophy of national welfare, safety, and solidarity. The Nazis used it to create propaganda to show some groups as rats, vermin, and Untermenschen (subhumans). In this way, more than ten million people were killed under the Nazi regime: six million Jews, plus more than 5 million Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other groups who were not part of the German theory of "master race." The Germans' fear of typhus that spread in the Wehrmacht was so immense that during the occupation, Polish doctors used this phobia to or...
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 21, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Agnieszka Polak, Katarzyna Pawlikowska – Łagód, Anna Zagaja, Andrzej Grzybowski Source Type: research
Potpourri III
For the third year in a row, we welcome you to a special “Potpourri” edition of Clinics Dermatology, this year appropriately entitled Potpourri III. We are very excited to present to you this collection of wonderful dermatology contributions, which hopefully you will find informative and entertaining; a so-called “potpourri” of interesting topics. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 20, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Leonard J. Hoenig, Vesna Petronic-Rosic, Franco Rongioletti Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Dermatology and the Visual Arts: More than meets the eye
Dermatology, as a discipline which deals with the physical manifestation of disease on the skin, is heavily reliant on visual representation, both in historical and contemporary practice. This presentation provides a window through which we may visualize the interplay between dermatology and the visual arts. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 20, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Valencia Long Tags: Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future Source Type: research
Unraveling the complexities of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS): Insights into clinical, laboratory, and histopathologic features of a case series from an Italian tertiary center
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a severe and potentially life-threatening drug hypersensitivity reaction. The diagnosis and management of DRESS are complicated due to its heterogeneous clinical and pathologic presentations, delayed onset of signs and symptoms, and unpredictable outcome. This retrospective study aimed to analyze cases of DRESS from a single Italian referring tertiary hospital center (Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy) with a focus on clinical features, causative drugs, histopathologic findings, and treatment. (Source: Clinics in Dermatology)
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - September 18, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Jan Walter Schroeder, Carlotta Napoli, Valentina Caputo, Emanuela Bonoldi, Franco Rongioletti Source Type: research
