Andrew F. Alexis ● Victoria H. Barbosa
Editors

2013

A Practical Guide to Dermatologic
Diagnosis and Treatment

As a history buff with a long-standing interest in the history of dermatology, I have a particular interest in the development of specialized treatment for skin of color. The introduction of slavery into the United States in the early seventeenth century resulted in a variety of skin hues as the races mixed. White doctors of the nineteenth century, while recognizing that darker skin often presented different pathology from lighter skin, either applied standard treatments or, worse, experimental ones based on prejudice, myths, and folktales.