Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario El Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain; Research Department of the Biomedical Investigation Institute of A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain; Department of Pathology, Hospital de La Reina, Ponferrada, Spain.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de La Reina, Ponferrada, Spain; Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Clin Dermatol. 2022 Mar-Apr;40(2):209-220. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2021.12.002. Epub 2021 Dec 26.
The 18th century was linked to a type of skin cancer with a clear professional etiology: scrotal carcinoma in chimney sweeps. Sir Percival Pott had the merit of identifying the disease as a malignant and inexorable process and of describing its natural evolution. In this article, we present some historical aspects of such description, as well as the working environment of the main individuals affected by this cancer, who were children carrying out the work of chimney sweeps.
18 世纪与一种具有明确职业病因的皮肤癌有关:扫烟囱工的阴囊癌。珀西瓦尔·波特爵士(Sir Percival Pott)的功绩在于将这种疾病确认为一种恶性且无情的过程,并描述了其自然演变。在本文中,我们介绍了这种描述的一些历史方面,以及受这种癌症影响的主要人群——从事扫烟囱工作的儿童——的工作环境。