title: 250 years of military dermatology: the British Army experience.
abstract: The British Army has encountered significant morbidity due to skin disease from the eighteenth century to the present time. The young age and pre-deployment screening of soldiers coupled with adverse environmental conditions produce a predominance of infective and eczematous conditions. The dermatologist still has a significant contribution to make in keeping the individual soldier healthy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal Hospital Haslar, Great Britain.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hepburn
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom