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It is proposed that beauty can be external or internal or both. External or physical beauty is immediately visible. Internal or inner beauty is not always immediately visible. Ideally both types of beauty are connected and spring from one another. The opposite situation, in which only one exists while the other is suppressed, is exemplified in this paper, using a tale from 19th century Croatian literature as a model. The main character is Tena. Initially physically beautiful, she is later disfigured by smallpox. Consequently her psyche metamorphoses through illness, distress and destitution, and she discovers an inner self that allows her full personality to develop. The story of Tena illustrates how love based only on outer appearance may end in unhappiness. Perhaps true love depends more on soul than surface. Endless quests for external beauty are part of medical practice today more then ever before. Skin is the paradigm of this. The dermatologist needs many clinical skills, including an understanding of psychology, when addressing skin-related problems--appearance-related problems in particular. Sometimes the humanities (e.g. literature, poetry, etc.), may help broaden our perspective of such a complex phenomenon as beauty.
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Dermatology/history , Jews/history , Austria , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Hungary , Names , PrejudiceABSTRACT
A review is presented calling attention to the first naming and publication of the term 'lupus erythematosus' and to the dermatologist (M. Kaposi) who first detected the systemic nature of this disease.
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Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/history , Austria , France , History, 19th Century , Humans , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/pathologySubject(s)
Dermatology , Skin/pathology , Dermatology/standards , Dermatology/trends , Humans , Physician's RoleABSTRACT
Luca Stulli of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), 1772-1828, was one of the first to make epidemiologic studies of heritable skin disorders. His treatise of what became the 'mal de Meleda' on the Adriatic island of Mljet (Meleda) is a classic in the dermatologic literature. The present study documents his life, his birth record, his portrait and recalls his original publication (in Italian).
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Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/history , Croatia , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , ItalySubject(s)
Mycology/history , Onychomycosis/history , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , HumansSubject(s)
Clinical Medicine/trends , Physician's Role , Physician-Patient Relations , Humans , United StatesSubject(s)
Dermatology/history , Societies, Medical/history , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , JapanABSTRACT
The development of Japanese dermatology is reviewed from the times of the founding fathers and Keizo Dohi to today. Tribute is paid to the heroes of the first hour. Thereafter, an evaluation of Japanese-authored papers in the leading journal of the field (JID) over four decades is presented, taking a triennial slot in each. The contribution of Japanese- authored papers has increased substantially over this period.
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Dermatology/history , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , JapanABSTRACT
Giovanni Alessandro Brambilia (1728-1800) was the Chief Surgeon of the Imperial Austrian Army and the first director of the newly founded medico-surgical academy in Vienna (1785). He died in Padua in late July 1800 (29th?), en route from his estate in Lombardy to Vienna, and the chiostro della magnolia in the Santo displays a memorial plaque commemorating his demise. On account of his merits for the education of (military) surgeons and the development of surgery in Austria, this short article shall serve to briefly recall his life and related facts.
