Doctrina de morbis cutaneis
By: Josephi Jacobi Plenck
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Edition: Editio secunda, aucta.
Publisher: apud Rudolphum Graeffer
Published: 1783
Place of publication: Viennae
Language: und
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Skin Diseases
Notes: Lang: Latin Prov: Inscribed 'T. Bateman' Note: Plenck's treatise was the most important work on dermatology up to the beginning of the 19th century. He described all the 115 skin diseases which were known at the time, and divided them into 14 classes. His classification, which was based on clinical appearance, was the first practical system of dermatologic nomenclature.

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