History of Latin American Dermatology

PAULO R. CUNHABernardino Antônio GomesAuthor of the first Dermatology book in the Portuguese language, he visited Braziltwice: in 1797 and 1817.José Francisco da Silva LimaJosé Francisco da Silva Lima, a Portuguese from Vilarinho, arrived in Salvador in1840, and obtained his PhD at the Bahia Medical School. Together with Wucherer andPaterson, he set up the first studies of tropical diseases in Bahia.Adolpho LindembergA Fluminenense from Cabo Frío, he graduated from Rio de Janeiro’s Medical Schoolin 1896 and specialized in Dermatology in Paris. He was one of the pioneers in the specializedfield, creating São Paulo’s first Dermatology Service, at the Holy House of Mercy.Paulo Parreiras HortaPaulo de Figueiredo Parreiras Horta was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1884; he was apharmacist before studying medicine in Brazil, and later microbiology in Paris. He wasone of the greatest Brazilian mycologists.João de Aguiar PupoSão Paulo-born, from Itatiba, he graduated in 1912 from Rio de Janeiro’s Medical School;he encouraged like no other the creation of the São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine.João Ramos e SilvaHaving graduated in 1918 from the Praia Vermelha Medical School, in Rio de Janeiro,Ramos e Silva acquired renown in venereal diseases and hanseniasis. He promoted thefirst meeting of syphilographers and dermatologists in Brazil.Joaquim MotaHe was one of the major Brazilian syphilographers. He graduated from Brazil Universityin 1916, and worked at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, in the Medical Service of theArmy and at the National Department of Public Health, as well as at the Inspectorship ofProphylaxis of Leprosy and Venereal Diseases.Oswaldo CostaA dermatologist from Minas Gerais, he devoted his thesis (1962) to the study of palmar-plantarkeratodermias; he completed his medical internship at the Saint-Louis Hospital,in Paris.Domingos Barbosa da SilvaIn 1955, he was appointed Full Professor of the Dermatology Chair of the Medical andSurgery School of Pará. His studies of tropical Dermatology were important, and hetrained several generations of specialists.78