Department of Department of Ophthalmology, Poznań City Hospital, Szwajcarska 3, 61-285 Poznań, Poland.
Clin Dermatol. 2011 Mar-Apr;29(2):125-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.09.005.
Robert Willan (1757-1812), a 1780 graduate in medicine from the University of Edinburgh, spent most of his professional life in London. He worked at the Carey Street Public Dispensary, which was also staffed mainly by such graduates from Edinburgh as Thomas Bateman, Richard Bright, and Thomas Addison. Willan's major dermatology works can be categorized into two groups: an introduction of the first classification of skin diseases, and the correct clinical descriptions of many diseases. Both were based predominantly on morphologic features rather than on the etiologic or pathophysiologic characteristics of a disease. Between 1798 and 1808, Willan published a four-part work, Cutaneous Diseases, in which he developed a classification of skin diseases according to the form of their pathologic products. Willan was also the first to recognize the importance of illustrations in the description of skin disorders and to create the first atlas of skin diseases containing color pictures.
罗伯特·威兰（Robert Willan，1757-1812 年），1780 年毕业于爱丁堡大学医学专业，其职业生涯主要在伦敦度过。他在凯里街公共诊所工作，该诊所的员工主要由爱丁堡大学的毕业生组成，如托马斯·贝特曼、理查德·布赖特和托马斯·爱迪生。威兰的主要皮肤病学著作可分为两类：第一类是皮肤疾病的分类介绍，第二类是许多疾病的正确临床描述。这两者主要基于形态特征，而不是疾病的病因或病理生理特征。1798 年至 1808 年，威兰出版了四卷本的《皮肤疾病》，根据病理性产物的形式对皮肤疾病进行了分类。威兰也是第一个认识到插图在描述皮肤疾病中的重要性的人，并创作了第一本包含彩色图片的皮肤病学图谱。
