1869 NETTLESHIP, Edward (1845 – 1913)

Chronic urticaria leaving brown stains: nearly two years’ duration.

Urticaria pigmentosa (Mastocytosis of the skin) described by Nettleship, was named eponymically “Nettleship’s disease”.

GMN 4057 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5419

1887 UNNA, Paul Gerson (1850 – 1929)

Beiträge zur Anatomie und Pathogenese der Urticaria simplex und Pigmentosa.

Unna reported that skin lesions of urticaria pigmentosa contained numerous mast cells. This was the first report of a primary mast cell disorder. Digital facsimile from deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de at this link.

GMN 14172 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16487

1936 SÉZARY, Albert (1880 – 1956); LEVY-COBLENTZ, G.; CHAUVILLON, P.

Dermographisme et mastocytose.

Sézary and colleagues first reported systemic mastocytosis.

GMN 14173 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16488