A practical treatise on diseases of the skin / by Louis A. Duhring.

Date:
1882
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Credit: A practical treatise on diseases of the skin / by Louis A. Duhring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE FIRST EDITION. In preparing this volume it lias been my aim to write a concise and practical treatise, one which, while making no pretensions to being exhaustive, should comprise sufficient to afford a clear in- sight into the elements of Dermatology and a knowledge of the important facts in connection with each disease treated of. The primary object being to render the subject simple and intelligible, and to free it from unnecessary encumbrances, it has been deemed best to avoid scrupulously all questions of theory, discussion of unsettled points, and the introduction of obsolete terms. Con- sideration of these and kindred topics, however interesting, would have carried the volume beyond the limits assigned to it. Nor, for the same reason, has any attempt been made to enter into the literature of Dermatology. For information of this character, I. may refer the reader to the comprehensive and sterling work of Hebra and Kaposi, the translation of which is now in course of publication by the New Sydenham Society, of London. The subject-matter, indeed, has everywhere been rigorously condensed, in many instances, I am well aware, at the sacrifice of elegance of diction. The nomenclature employed is essentially that now in common use by the prominent writers and teachers of our own country and of Europe.