["De morbis qui in superficie corporis videntur" (St. Isidore of Seville, 621 A.D.) the first dermatology text in Europe].
San Isidoro of Sevilla (562-636) was a learned Spaniard of the early Middle Ages. His principal work, the Etymologies, is an encyclopedic treatise which analyzes the origin and meaning of about 5,500 terms corresponding to the different knowledge of his era. Liber IV of the Etymologies is dedicated to Medicine, and one of his chapters, titled De morbis qui in superficie corporis videntur (The diseases that are seen on the skin surface), studies 32 terms corresponding to skin diseases, so that this chapter represents the first text dedicated specifically to Dermatology in Europe. At the same time, according to the general plan of the work that includes each term with its origin and its definition, Liber IV (De Medicina) would be the oldest medical terminology dictionary known.
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