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A case of multiple tumors of the skin accompanied by intense pruritis.

Publication Details

Arch. Derm. (Philad.), 5, 385; 6, 129-32. 1879 CE–1880 CE.

First description of prurigo nodularis. In 1909 J. N. Hyde (Diseases of the skin, Philadelphia, p. 174) was responsible for its present name and for the eponym “Hyde’s disease”.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#4076
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5517
External URLa-case-of-multiple-tumors-of-the-skin-accompanied-by-intense-pruritis

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Philadelphia