1852 WAGNER, Rudolf Friedrich Johann Heinrich (Rudolph) (1805 – 1864); MEISSNER, Georg (1829 – 1903)

Ueber das Vorhandensein bisher unbekannter eigenghümlicher Tastkörperchen (Corpuscula tactus) in den Gefühlswärzchen dermenschlichen Haut, und über die End-Ausbreitung sensitiver Nerven.

First published account of the tactile nerve endings – “Wagner’s corpuscles”.

GMN 1460 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2386

1889 MANCHOT, Carl (1866 – 1932)

Die Haut Arterien des menschlichen Körpers.

Manchot was the first to describe the vascular territories of the human skin. This work was translated into English by J. Ristic with an introduction by William D. Morain as The cutaneous arteries of the human body (N…

GMN 14299 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16624

1897 FREY, Maximilian (Max) Ruppert Franz von (1852 – 1932)

Untersuchungen über die Sinnesfunctionen der menschlichen Haut. I. Druckempfindung und Schmerz.

In his investigations on cutaneous sensibility Frey introduced his method of testing the sensitiveness of pressure points by means of bristles mounted in a handle.

GMN 1475 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2448

1919 HOFFMANN, Erich (1868 – 1959)

Ueber eine nach innen gerichtete Schützfunktion der Haut (Esophylaxie) nebst Bemerkungen über die Entstehung der Paralyse.

Hoffmann stressed the role of the skin as a secretory organ, producing hormone-like substances; he suggested the term “esophylaxis” for this function.

GMN 1477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2456