The histopathology of the diseases of the skin / by P.G. Unna.

  • Unna, Paul Gerson, 1850-1929.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The histopathology of the diseases of the skin / by P.G. Unna. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION. (Translation.) The Editor and Publisher of this English translation of my “ Histo- pathology of the Skin ” (published last year) wish to have a few intro¬ ductory words from my pen. These can only be words of hearty acknowledgment. I know very well that the mere reading of my book presents difficulties, and that, on account of the numerous new methods on which it is based, it requires careful study. But the attempt to make the book live again in another language is a much more difficult task, and this is especially the case in English, where the brevity of expression alone must limit the long rhythm of the Herman construc¬ tion. But so far as I understand English, the translation has been most successful, and indeed in many places its conciseness has a certain advantage over the original. Dr Norman Walker was evidently pre¬ destined for the work, for several visits to my Klinik had enabled him to become thoroughly acquainted with my pathological views; and his —may I say—Scottish energy has led him during this last year no fewer than three times to Hamburg, in order to discuss with me personally certain minor, but important, alterations in them. This has undoubtedly added to the value of the work. The numerous drawings made from preparations from my laboratory will also be looked on by the English reader as a great improvement on the original. I hope that this translation will do much to forward, on the other side of the channel and the Atlantic, the study of the subject of Cutaneous Pathology, which at present appears to be in a condition of vigorous growth. UNNA. Hamburg, Dec. 1895.