title: Stephen Rothman's text on physiology and biochemistry of the skin.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Forty-nine years ago the first complete and authoritative English text on the physiology and biochemistry of the skin was published by Stephen Rothman, an early basic researcher in dermatology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the article is to learn more about Stephen Rothman and his 1954 text, to learn more about what was known and not known then, to learn more about what was considered significant, and to learn more about what was popular at that time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering the techniques available and the knowledge base, Rothman's 1954 text shows that basic dermatology research 50 years ago had developed to a reasonably sophisticated degree.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. robertj@istar.ca
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States