WILLAN, Robert (1757 – 1812)
1757 – 1812
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1796 CE–1808 CE
#3985
On cutaneous diseases. Vol. 1 [All published].
Modern dermatology may be said to start with Willan. His classification of skin diseases gained him the Fothergillian Medal of the Medical Society of London in 1790. He established a standard nomenclature which is sti…
1814 CE
#4021.1
Practical treatise on porrigo, or scald head, and on impetigo, the humid or running teter
This treatise on infantile eczema is the only fascicule of the second volume of Willan’s On cutaneous diseases (No.4018) that ever appeared in print. It was edited for publication after Willan's death by his ste…