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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

HARRY R. FOERSTER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1928;17(5):585-603.

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Early in the sixteenth century, Paracelsus and Agricola recorded scabby and impetiginous skin disorders and ulcerations in those engaged in metal work and in salt mining. Since that day, the scope of occupational skin diseases has steadily increased, and they are encountered in practically every field of industry. It is pertinent, therefore, to study these diseases as a group, a dignity to which their importance entitles them, and to consider some of the problems presented by this subject to the dermatologist.

The first real contribution to occupational dermatoses was made in the year 1700 by Ramazzini, referred to as the father of industrial hygiene.¹ He described with considerable accuracy the dermatoses of washerwomen, bakers, farmers and of a host of other artisans. It is interesting to note that more than 200 years after bakers' dermatitis was first described by him, its exact etiology is still in dispute. R. P. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Read at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Baltimore, May 12-14, 1927.

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