Impetigo was first described by a British Dermatologist named William Tilbury Fox in the 18th century. Here is an excerpt from his Atlas:
“Diagnostic features are: -its apparently epidemic character in many cases -the antecedent febrile condition -its attacking children -the origin from isolated vesicles which tend to enlarge into blebs and to become pustular, the blebs having a depressed centre, and , it may be, a well-defined, slightly raised, rounded edge -the isolation of the spots; the uniform character of the eruption and its general and scattered condition -its frequent seat and commencement about the face or head -the circular , flat, granular, yellow crusts looking as if stuck on -its contagious nature and inocuability -its frequently following in the wake of vaccination -the absence of pain, and especially troublesome itching at night.”
