Jackson R
Can Med Assoc J. 1977 May 21;116(10):1165-8.
Over the years physicians have attempted to classify skin diseases. Plenck and Willan were the first to outline clearly the basic components of skin diseases and to devise classifications based on living gross pathologic features. With the development of molecular biology, etiologic classification--a system unrelated to that of clinical appearance--was begun. Most current textbooks present combinations of these two systems and those based on location or on other concepts.
多年来，医生们一直试图对皮肤病进行分类。普伦克和威兰是最先明确概述皮肤病基本组成部分，并根据活体大体病理特征设计分类方法的人。随着分子生物学的发展，病因学分类——一种与临床表现无关的系统——开始出现。目前大多数教科书都介绍了这两种系统以及基于部位或其他概念的分类方法的结合。
