PubMed · 14172121
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A WISKEMANN. 1963-04-20. [RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LIGHT THERAPY].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14172121/
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The dermatologist's procedure was introduced in 1972 as a "procedure of early detection of occupational skin disease" by industrial, agricultural and public-sector employers' liability insurance funds of Germany's statutory occupational accident insurance. To date, it represents the most relevant tool for secondary prevention in industrial dermatology in Germany. According to the intention of this procedure, insured parties who are likely to have an occupational skin disease have to be offered preventive measures and, if necessary, given appropriate treatment to avoid job-loss. In co-operation with the Central Federation of the Industrial Professional Associations, the Task Force on Occupational and Environmental Dermatology of the German Dermatological Society, and the Professional Organisation of German Dermatologists, a study group was constituted in 1999 to improve the traditional dermatologist's procedure. In October 2002 a controlled intervention study was started in North-western Germany to establish the definitive value of the "optimised" dermatologist's procedure. Past, present, and future of this specific procedure are discussed.
Photographic images are an intrinsic part of modern dermatology, essential for documentation, publication and teaching. Although there were no strong technical obstacles to prevent the use of black and white photographs in the atlases of the late 19th century, famous works such as Kaposi's "Handatlas der Hautkrankheiten" still utilized hand-colored copper etchings for illustration. Nevertheless, M.A. Hardy and M.A. de Montméja made an effort to introduce photography into dermatology as early as 1868. In their "Clinique photographique de l'hôpital Saint-Louis" of 1868 we find a variety of dermatological diseases, discussed and illustrated with 50 black and white photographs. The majority of these pictures were then modified with hand coloring in various shades of intensity. The authors insisted on this technique to assure the diagnostic value of the pictures. Besides an extensive review of the Atlas, we discuss the limits and perspectives of early photographic images in the "Clinique photographique" compared to the detailed hand-colored copper etchings of that time, as well as to modern color photographs.
St. Bartholomew, who was born in Kana/Galilee in the first century, is known as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is associated with skin diseases due to the attribute "skin" which he carries over his arm like a coat or blanket. Curing the daughter of King Polymios in Armenia led to his doom. He was flayed alive and subsequently crucified. Michelangelo's Last Judgment (1536-1541) in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican shows him as flayed and holding his own skin in his hand. Today he is regarded as the patron saint of dermatology because of his association with the skin.