History of Latin American Dermatology

ELBIO FLORES-CEVALLOS, LUIS FLORES-CEVALLOS, ZUÑO BURSTEINDermatology education at the undergraduate level, and especially in the training ofresidents of the specialized field, has from the outset been backed by the collaborationof highly-specialized services from the most important hospital centers.Lastly, it must be said that the important educational work, which at one point usedto be almost exclusively under the responsibility of this modern University DermatologySchool based at the Dos de Mayo Hospital, has gradually become more decentralized,being subsequently complemented by considerable educational work on the part of scientificmedical societies of the specialized field, represented by the Peruvian DermatologyCircle (CIDERM-PERU) and the Peruvian Society of Dermatology, which play a role ofenormous significance in Peruvian Dermatology education.At present, an important education, training and research development nucleus isemerging at the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, led by two young stalwarts of PeruvianDermatology, Drs. Francisco Bravo and Manuel del Solar.■ References(parts I, II)1. Shady Solís R. Supe, lacivilización más antigua deAmérica. Lima: INC; 2004.2. Prescott WH. Conquista del PerúI y II. New York: The PublishersPlate Renting Company; 1858.3. Lastres JB. Historia de laMedicina Peruana. Tomos I, II,III. Lima: Imprenta SantaMaría; 1951.4. Lorenzi R, Rothchild B, Mays S.Syphilis-History. DiscoveryChannel. 12 abr 2004.Disponible en:http://dsc.Discovery.com.5. García UC. Historiografía de laenfermedad de Carrión. Ideas eimágenes de la enfermedad deCarrión. Folia Dermatol Peru..1998;9(4):45–56.6. Garcilaso de la Vega. Historiageneral del Perú. PrimeraParte. Lima: LibreríaInternacional del Perú; 1959.7. Roel V. Historia social yeconómica de la colonia. Lima:Labor; 1970.8. Estatutos de la SociedadPeruana de Dermatologíaaprobados en la AsambleaExtraordinaria del 15 de mayode 1964 [información delarchivo del Dr. Zuño Burstein].9. Valdivia L. Evaluación delEstatuto de la SociedadPeruana de Dermatología.Dermatología Peruana.1999;9(1):67–68.10. Nota Editorial. Folia DermatolPeru. 1988;1(1):1.11. Nota Editorial. Folia DermatolPeru. 1994;5(3):1.12. Comunicado. Folia DermatolPeru. 1999;10(2-3):8.13. Paz Soldán CE. Decanos,maestros y médicos de laFacultad de Medicina de Lima.Lima: Biblioteca de CulturaSanitaria. Inst. de MedicinaSocial; 1957:269-273.14. Flores L. Historia de laDermatología en el Perú. Lima:Concytec; 1999.15. Burstein Z. Maxime Kuczynski-Godard, un pionero de la SaludPública. Revista Peruana deMedicina Experimental y SaludPública. 2003;20(4):231.16. Romero O. [Comunicaciónpersonal].17. Morales A. [Comunicaciónpersonal].18. Navarro P. [Comunicaciónpersonal].19. San Martín J. [Comunicaciónpersonal].20. Cotlear A. Carta dirigida al Dr.Z. Burstein, DirectorUniversitario de ServiciosAcadémicos Asistenciales de laUNMSM. 2 oct 1967.■ Part IIIZuño BursteinHistory of the legal standing of the specialization in Dermatology in PeruBACKGROUNDIn the university bylaws of 1928, issued under mandate of Law No. 6,041, the studiesnecessary to obtain the degree of specialist were already considered. This prerogativewas only granted to the Medical and Law Schools of Lima’s National Higher University ofSt. Mark (UNMSM).330