Abstract
The therapeutic use of “extreme” cold dates from the mid nineteen century. For over a hundred years cryosurgery has been used to treat skin cancer; also skin infections, benign tumors, and a myriad of other conditions. Understanding of the mechanism by which cold affects the skin and other organs has led to the development of progressively better delivery systems, cryogens and monitorization equipment; all this thanks to the contributions of many bright medical and other scientific minds which we attempted to recognize in this chapter.
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Abramovits, W. (2016). The History of Dermatologic Cryosurgery. In: Abramovits, W., Graham, G., Har-Shai, Y., Strumia, R. (eds) Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6765-5_1
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