History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Dermatology in Perualso studied with Touraine, Norié, Chevallier, Riccard, Ferrand, Flurin and other mastersof French Dermatology.Upon his return to Peru, he became one of the founders of the Archbishop LoayzaHospital, where, from 1927 onwards, he was in charge of the Dermatology and Syphilographyconsulting rooms, replacing Dr. Eleodoro Camacho. He was Interim Professor ofthe Skin Diseases and Syphilis chair at the St. Ferdinand Medical School, and in 1933 hewas appointed lecturer in replacement of Prof. Pedro Weiss. In 1936, he graduated atthat study center as Doctor in Medicine, defending important research work on “Inflammatoryskin reactions and desensitization procedures.”First as Principal Full Professor of Dermatology and Syphilography, in 1937, and lateras Head Lecturer at the San Fernando Medical School, in 1940, he represented Peru invarious congresses in America and Europe, making remarkable contributions.When, in 1961, the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University of Medical and BiologicalSciences was created, he was appointed Principal Professor and set up the Dermatologychair of that university, where in 1967 he was awarded the rank of Emeritus Professor.Various Medical Academies and multiple Dermatology, Syphilography, Veneorologyand Leprology Associations and Societies in America and Europe incorporated DoctorLoret de Mola as standing member. He was also recognized and given awards by medicalinstitutions in Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France andVenezuela, among others.He published various articles in national and foreign medical journals, as well asmajor and lengthy research treatises in Dermatology. Among the latter: “On the Treatmentof the Bubonic Plague”, (1923); “Contribution to the Treatment of Blennorrhagia”(1928); “Inflammatory Skin Reactions and Desensitization Procedures” (1936); “My 25-Year Experience In the Treatment of Syphilis” (1953); various articles on “Therapeuticsof Eczema” (between 1926 and 1940), and various works on “Dermatology and SyphilographyTopics” (between 1930 and 1960). He died on November 17, 1968.Figure. 9 Dr. AurelioLoret de MolaPedro Weiss (1893-1985) 15Dr. Weiss was a protean doctor, (Figure 10) who carried out specialized studies inFrance, Germany and Austria in the pathological anatomy and Dermatology fields. Hewas a pioneer in etiological diagnosis and in histopathological and skin-mycological educationin Peru. He was born in 1893 in Lima and obtained a doctorate in medicine fromthe Higher National University of St. Mark, in 1927. Upon his return from Europe in1930, he was appointed Head Professor of the Dermatology and Syphilography Departmentof the Higher National University of St. Mark, replacing Professor Belisario Sosa Artola,who had resigned. In 1935 he was appointed Principal Lecturer of PathologicalAnatomy, carrying out fruitful work as pathologist, archeologist, paleopathologist anddermatologist. As part of his medical assistance work, he founded and headed the Laboratoryservices at the Dos de Mayo Hospital, at the Children’s Hospital and at the PathologicalAnatomy Institute of St. Mark University. He was one of the founders of theCayetano Heredia University; he was Head of the Laboratory Service at the ArchbishopLoayza Hospital, of the Physical Anthropology Department of the National Museum ofAnthropology and Archeology, and of the Physical Anthropology Seminar of St. Mark University.Dr. Weiss worked as Full Principal Professor in the chair of Pathological Anatomy ofthe St. Ferdinand Medical School and as Full Principal Professor of the Physical AnthropologySeminar at the School of Science.His scientific contribution in the field of research is very large, and he had many andmajor publications both in the medical field and in Anthropology. Among the publishedworks on dermatological processes, we mention “Contribution to the Study of the PeruvianWart” (1933); “On a Case of Mycotic Lymphogranulomatosis by ParacoccidioidesFigure 10. Dr. PedroWeiss317