Unny Kolastin

Unna Colaston is a famous German dermatologist and dermatologist who lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered one of the founders of modern dermatology and the founder of dermatological research in Germany.

Unna Colastone was born in 1848 in the city of Altenburg, located in eastern Germany, and studied dermatology at the University of Leipzig. After receiving his medical degree, he began practicing in his hometown and soon attracted the attention of the medical community with his original research on fungal infections of the skin.

A special place in his career is occupied by his participation in the discovery of a previously unknown infectious disease - streptococcal tonsillitis. Unny and his colleagues worked in fish markets and confirmed the assumption that the cause of the development of this disease is not a bacterium, but a streptococcus that causes an infection of the facial skin. After learning about the problem, Dr. Colaston developed a course of treatment for streptococcal skin infections, thanks to which scientists were able to fight this dangerous infection.

However, despite his medical achievements, Colaston was aware of the many problems associated with skin diseases during this period. For example, by his time there were no universal treatments for acne and other inflammatory skin diseases. In 1907, speaking to colleagues, he voiced a proposal to use “yellow clay,” which was popularly called “unna.” In his medical writings, Colaston described the properties of unna and its use as a cure for a wide variety of dermatological ailments. Unfortunately, due to the fact that unna was simply not available to the masses at that time, this knowledge did not bring immediate practical benefit to the general public. However, scientific research on Colaston continued and argued for further study of the properties of Unna in order to discover new therapeutic possibilities.

Today, Unna Kalastin is the subject of research by many medical scientists around the world. Thanks to his work in the field of dermatology, medicine continues to develop