The compilation and edition of the first color atlas of dermatology by Robert Willan (1757-1812), Thomas Bateman (1778-1821), and Ashby Smith (?-1831) from 1790 to 1817.
An account is given of the development of early dermatologic iconography, mostly in watercolors and copper prints, as a consequence of late Enlightenment perspectives and the development of a visually-dependent concept in a text-dominated discipline of dermatology. The first great atlases in the field of dermatology by Robert Willan (1757-1812) and Jean-Louis Alibert (1768-1837), and by M. N. Devergie (1784-1842) in venereology, are addressed and Willan's work is elaborated in detail.
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Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 25, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. KH.histmed@univie.ac.at
D000716:Anatomy, Artistic / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000266:history*