["Revista Médica de Chile":120 years of continuous publication].
Revista Médica de Chile has been published monthly since its foundation in 1872. With the present issue, volume 120 is completed. It is the oldest medical journal in South America and the second in antiquity published in Spanish, after the Gaceta de México. It is ranked among the 28 older journals in the world, that were founded in the last century. The multiple aspects of Chilean medicine development are present in its pages. Revista Médica de Chile has been able to adapt to changes in medicine, improving its printing and design, adopting international regulations for periodic medical publications and, above all, making a strict selection of submitted papers using expert peer reviewers. The continuity in management and editorial policies has favored its progress and enhanced its educational role.
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"Revista Médica de Chile": 120 años de publicación continua.