Władysław Sylwester Kopytowski (1858-1925): His life and early description of the microabscess in psoriasis

Wladyslaw Kopytowski was a 19th century Polish dermatologist, famous for his early description of the microabscess in psoriasis.1 He was one of the first Warsaw dermatologists, and was the author of the initial doctoral dissertation in dermatology at Warsaw University. Although he was mostly devoted to morphologic studies of healthy and diseased skin, he also published several interesting clinical reports.