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Contact dermatitis, an inflammatory skin reaction to direct contact with noxious agents in our environment, was most probably recognized as an entity even in ancient times, since it must have accompanied mankind throughout its history. Early recorded reports include Pliny the Younger, who in the first century AD noticed that some individuals experienced severe itching when cutting pine trees (quoted in [1]). A review of the ancient literature could provide dozens of similar, mostly anecdotal examples and some are cited in modern textbooks, monographs and papers [2–4].
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Lachapelle, JM. (1992). Historical Aspects. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J., Benezra, C. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13119-0_1
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