History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Argentine DermatologyFigure 4. Prof.Luis E. PieriniFigure 5. Prof.Marcial QuirogaFigure 6. Prof.Miguel A. MazziniFigure 7. Prof.Aarón Kaminskyled by Prof. Pedro Baliña, full professor between the years 1925 and 1946. Future fullprofessors were trained there such as Luis E. Pierini (Figure 4), Marcial Quiroga (figure5), Enrique Fidanza and Miguel A. Mazzini (Figure 6), as well as José M. Puente, JuanPessano, Ceferino Orol Arias, Emilio Fernández Blanco, José L. Carrera, Ludovico Facio,Guillermo Basombrio, Fernando Noussitou and Aarón Kaminsky (Figure 7). The majoritywere chiefs of the most outstanding dermatology services of the period.A subsidiary was set up in Rosario in 1934, followed by Córdoba (1938) and Mendoza(1952).The Argentine Society of Dermatology, with headquarters at the Argentine Medical Association,was headed by Nicolás Greco, full professor of Dermatology at the University of LaPlata and associate and later honorary professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1943).That period was characterized by the centralism of Buenos Aires and by a markednumerical difference between the members of the two associations.The Era of Pierini and Quiroga■ The era of Pierini and QuirogaWith the passing of Baliña and Greco there emerged two disciples of the former, whomarked three decades of Argentine Dermatology and projected it onto the internationalsphere: Marcial I. Quiroga and Luis E. Pierini. In 1946 they had published their book Introductionto the Study of Dermatosyphilology, whose semiotics and description of elementarylesions continue to be current. The work exhibits the marked influence of European schools,particularly the French, where the dermatologists who sought further studies went abroad.Marcial I. Quiroga exhibited an aristocratic and charismatic personality. A descendantof distinguished families in Argentine society, he spoke easily and entertainingly. Hehandled French well and traveled almost every year to Europe, particularly France. Hewas awarded the main awards. On the international level, he was the first Argentine appointedas a member of the International Committee of Dermatology; he was also an honorarymember of numerous Dermatological Societies, and, on the domestic level,President and Honorary President of the National Academy of Medicine.At the dermatological level, he was full professor of the First Chair of Dermatologyand head of the Dermatology Service at the Ramos Mejía Hospital, where his headquarterswere located. The visits to his department were a magnet for dermatologists in theprovinces and foreign visitors. His academic quality was rendered evident in severalbooks and scientific works.Quiroga’s disciples were the teachers of the following generation including: AlejandroA. Cordero (Figure 8) and Pedro H. Magnin (Figure 9). Also outstanding professors wereLuis Ambrosetti, Enrique Jonquières, Arturo Mom, Rodolfo Corti, E. Molina Leguizamón,Narciso Vivot, Gisella Dhum, Carlos F. Guillot, H. J. Sánchez Caballero, Manuel Seoane,Luis Curia, Oscar Bonafina, Nélida Franco, Antonio Raimondo, E. Blasi, Hans Botrich,33