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Brief History of Dermatology (Pandemics Included)

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This section intends to outline, synthetically, the primordial aspects of Dermatology over the centuries. For each historical period of the specialty—Primitive, Pre-modern, modern, scientific, and technoscientific—there is information about authors, schools, and the construction of knowledge.

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Abbreviations

AIDS:

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

CDC:

Center for Disease Control

ESPII:

Public Health Emergency of International Importance

FDA:

Food and Drugs Administration

HIV:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

ICT:

Information and Communication Technologies

PPE:

Personal Protective Equipment

SARS-CoV2:

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

US:

United States

WHO:

World Health Organization

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