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El Hospital de la Tiña, fundado con fines benéfico-sanitarios en el siglo XVII, ha funcionado desde entonces hasta bien entrado el siglo XX realizando el tratamiento de las tiñas a pacientes de todas procedencias acogidos en la institución. En el presente estudio describimos la fundación del hospital, las características de los pacientes y sus cuidadores, así como lo que se consideraba tiña, sus tipos, la pauta de tratamiento y los cuidados alimenticios e higiénicos. Nos llama la atención que la presencia tan temprana de un hospital «monográfico» no se tradujo en estudios sobre la enfermedad y la aplicación de los conocimientos de la época
The Tinea hospital in Granada, Spain, was a charitable health facility founded in the 17th century and still treating patients well into the 20th century. The hospital accepted patients from anywhere, not only those residing in the surrounding area. We describe the hospital's founding and the characteristics of the patients and caregivers. We also discuss how tinea was considered at the time, including the typology and treatment protocols applied as well as diet and hygiene measures used. It is striking that a hospital so focused on treating a single disease did not produce studies on the condition or on the application of contemporary knowledge to guide treatment
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Female , History, 16th Century , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , Male , Tinea/history , Tinea/therapy , Dermatomycoses/epidemiology , Dermatomycoses/history , Dermatomycoses/prevention & control , Hospitals/history , Hospitals , Dermatology/history , Hospital Administrators/history , Hospital Distribution Systems/history , /history , /trendsABSTRACT
The Tinea hospital in Granada, Spain, was a charitable health facility founded in the 17th century and still treating patients well into the 20th century. The hospital accepted patients from anywhere, not only those residing in the surrounding area. We describe the hospital's founding and the characteristics of the patients and caregivers. We also discuss how tinea was considered at the time, including the typology and treatment protocols applied as well as diet and hygiene measures used. It is striking that a hospital so focused on treating a single disease did not produce studies on the condition or on the application of contemporary knowledge to guide treatment.
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Dermatology/history , Hospitals, Special/history , Tinea/history , Diet , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Hospitals, Religious/history , Hospitals, Religious/organization & administration , Hospitals, Special/organization & administration , Humans , Hygiene , Orphanages/history , Spain , Tinea/classification , Tinea/therapyABSTRACT
Dermatophyte infections are extremely frequent worldwide and their epidemiological features vary according to the geographical area and have changed in the last decades. We studied the spectrum of dermatophytoses by means of a retrospective analysis involving 6,133 patients referred to the Mycology Service of the Dermatology Clinic of Policlinico Hospital - University of Bari, Italy during the period 2005-2010. The most frequent clinical forms were tinea unguium (39.2% of the total dermatophytoses), tinea corporis (22.7%) and tinea pedis (20.4%). There was a predominance of women for tinea unguium and corporis and of men for tinea pedis and especially tinea cruris. T. rubrum was the prevalent causative agent, implicated in 64% of total cases, followed by M. canis (14%) and T. mentagrophytes (10%). The retrospective evaluation of epidemiological data collected at our Clinic since 1975 showed a gradual decrease in the frequency of tinea cruris, tinea corporis, and tinea capitis over time. On the contrary, during the past two decades, there has been a progressive increase in the frequency of tinea pedis and especially of tinea unguium. In parallel with this changing pattern, the frequency of isolation of T. rubrum has shown a continuous increase during the last 35 years, whereas a progressive decline of the etiological role of T. violaceum, M. canis and even more of E. floccosum has been noted.
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Fungi/isolation & purification , Tinea/epidemiology , Tinea/microbiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Fungi/classification , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Infant , Italy/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Retrospective Studies , Tinea/history , Young AdultABSTRACT
In 1900, in Nantes, the ringworm was a real plague. Despite the very painful cares recovery could not be hoped before two years while the poor boys were roaming around far from school. At the Home St Jacques, a district for children suffering from ringworm and a department of electro-radiology were open where Doctor Gustave Bureau began to use X Rays to cure the ill hair and create a long lasting alopecia. The result was spectacular and patches disappeared in a few days. Besides three cases of radio dermatitis, there was no noticeable incident in spite of irradiation for twenty to twenty five minutes. The treatment has been used for about fifty years as it changed the life of the children till an effective drug. Then some studies showed the harmful long-term effects of such expositions to X rays.
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Tinea/history , Child , France , History, 20th Century , Humans , Radiology Department, Hospital/history , Radiotherapy/adverse effects , Radiotherapy/history , Tinea/radiotherapyABSTRACT
In 1921, the JOINT-JDC [the American Jewish WeLfare Organization) together with the Jewish health organizations of Eastern Europe (OZE, TOZ) initiated a campaign to eradicate ringworm of the scalp, which was one of the major medical causes that prevented Jews from immigrating to the West. This campaign continued until 1938. During the years 1921-1938, 27,760 children were irradiated (x-rayed) as part of the treatment. This study, based on archival sources in Israel and abroad, presents the story of this unique campaign to eradicate ringworm in the Eastern European Jewish communities, the ideology behind this initiative, the health and medical factors that played a role and its outcomes. This research was conducted at The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and The School of Public Health at Tel Aviv University.
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Tinea/prevention & control , Child , Emigration and Immigration/legislation & jurisprudence , Europe, Eastern , History, 20th Century , Humans , Jews , Poland , Public Health , Social Welfare , Societies , Tinea/history , Tinea/radiotherapySubject(s)
Cattle Diseases/history , Models, Anatomic , Tinea/history , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/transmission , History, 19th Century , Humans , Spain , Tinea/transmissionABSTRACT
In this essay, we analyze the case study of mass ringworm irradiation conducted in Israel during its first years of existence and its consequences. We analyzed the case study of ringworm irradiation in the framework of racial construction of illness and its treatment, showing the elasticity of race and ethnicity as medical and social categories.
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Ethnicity/history , Jews/history , Public Health/history , Tinea/history , Head and Neck Neoplasms/etiology , History, 20th Century , Humans , Israel , Jews/ethnology , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/ethnology , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/history , Prejudice , Tinea/ethnology , Tinea/radiotherapyABSTRACT
Herbert Aldersmith spent his entire working life, from the age of 23 years until his retirement at 65 years, as Resident Medical Officer to Christ's Hospital School. It was a crucial period in the school's history, from the overdue reforms of the late Victorian era to its historic move from the City of London to Sussex in 1902. He became an acknowledged authority on ringworm and also published extensively on the other great interest of his life, the British-Israel Society. He was the prime mover in founding the first-ever professional association of school doctors in 1884.
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Hospitalists/history , Societies, Medical/history , Tinea/history , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Israel , United KingdomSubject(s)
Antifungal Agents/history , Griseofulvin/history , History, 20th Century , Humans , Tinea/drug therapy , Tinea/historySubject(s)
Dermatology/history , Pediatrics/history , Skin Diseases/history , Child , Eczema/history , Europe , History, 15th Century , History, 16th Century , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, Ancient , History, Medieval , Humans , Impetigo/history , Prurigo/history , Scabies/history , Tinea/history , Urticaria/historySubject(s)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander , Tinea/history , Australia , Female , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Language , MaleABSTRACT
Descreve as descobertas empreendidas no Brasil, no campo da micologia. Destaca as pesquisas desenvolvidas no Rio de Janeiro, Säo Paulo, Pernambuco, Amazônia, Bahia e Rio Grande do Sul. (JC)
