stackyFACTSHistory remembers John Langdon Down for classifying Down syndrome, but the guy had a bizarre side hustle cataloging crusty rashes.
History remembers John Langdon Down for classifying Down syndrome, but the guy had a bizarre side hustle cataloging crusty rashes. Long before modern dermatology, Down meticulously documented 'furfuraceous cretinism,' detailing a specific scaly, pigment-altering skin condition in institutionalized patients. Instead of just treating them, he basically wrote the 19th-century equivalent of a Reddit skincare thread, proving Victorian doctors were endlessly fascinated by human peeling.
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