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Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(8):978.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXV.
AUGUST, 1907.
NO. 8

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

By JOSEPH ZEISLER, M. D., Chicago.

The wave of enthusiasm which a few years ago had carried the X-rays to a point where they seemed to supersede all former and well-established modes of treatment in dermatological practice, seems now to have calmed down; and we may well ask the question which is the theme of our present discussion: have the X-rays and their co-geners kept their early promises, and, also, has radiotherapy been a real and lasting benefit to scientific dermatology?

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Before concluding these brief remarks, I cannot suppress one thought which has often occurred to me. I have found that a great many physicians, without any dermatological training, and with a stupendous ignorance in the differential diagnosis of skin diseases, have had the boldness to undertake . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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