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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Dermatitis venenata: An account of the action of external irritants upon the skin.

Publication Details

Boston, MA: Cupples & Hurd, 1887 CE.

White, a pupil of Hebra, was an outstanding personality in American dermatology; he held the first chair in that subject in the U.S.A. The eponym “White’s disease” refers to his description of keratosis follicularis in J. cutan. gen.-urin. Dis., 1889, 7, 201-09, a condition described earlier by Lutz and later by Darier.

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Entry Number#4093
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5601
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External URLdermatitis-venenata-an-account-of-the-action-of-external-irritants-upon-the-skin

Geographic Context

Publication place: Boston, MA