title: A glimpse at the specialty of wound care.
abstract: Many lessons have been learned over the course of the history of wound care. The answers to many questions still lie in the future. With this glimpse of where wound care has been and where it is headed in the future, certain trends were found. These trends are, in and of themselves, lessons that will be incorporated into this article as an act of reflection.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mendez-Eastman
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D017592:Skin Care / Q000266:history*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy