01086nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653002600058653001600084653002600100653002600126653001200152653001400164653001700178653001700195100001600212245014500228300001000373490000700383520045200390022001400842       1987                            d  c1987 Mar 2110aBibliography as Topic10aDermatology10aHistory, 19th Century10aHistory, 20th Century10aleprosy10aPaintings10aRadiotherapy10aSouth Africa1 aFINDLAY G H00aSamuel Patton Impey, M.D. (Aberdeen) (1856-1928). Cape Town's primordial leprologist, dermatologist, radiotherapist and rock-art enthusiast.  a381-50 v713 a<p>Samuel Impey was a noteworthy medical pioneer of the Cape Colony. He was the author of what was probably the first medical textbook of note to be written in South Africa, a Handbook of Leprosy, published in London in 1896. He carried much of the frontier spirit into the medical life of the time, entering vigorously into controversy and fresh developments. As an amateur artist, he also put forward some individual views on rock paintings.</p>  a0256-9574