title: The beginnings of dermatopathology and dermatologic microbiology in Spain.
abstract: Crisóstomo Martínez from Valencia was a pioneering microscopist in 17th-century Europe. The first microscopic representations of skin in Spain appeared in an 18th-century work by Martín Martínez. Microbiology and histopathology progressed considerably in the late 19th century thanks to anatomists like Maestre de San Juan and surgeons like Federico Rubio Galí. The first Spanish pathologist to specialize in dermatology was Antonio Mendoza, a colleague of José Eugenio de Olavide at the Hospital San Juan de Dios in Madrid. Claudio Sala and Juan de Azúa also made significant contributions, including the description of pseudoepithelioma. Several disciples of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Jorge FranciscoTello, such as Lorenzo Ruiz de Arcaute and Guillermo de la Rosa King, consolidated the dermatology laboratory, but the Civil War sent many into exile or deprived them of their professional status. Juan Rubió in Barcelona and Julio Rodríguez Puchol in Madrid were the immediate predecessors of today's dermatopathologists.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Dermalar, Santiago de Compostela, España. Electronic address: dermalar@clinicadermalar.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: del Río
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history; D008853:Microscopy / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain
keywords: Historia de la dermatología española; Historia de la dermatopatología española; Historia de la micología española; Historia de la microbiología española; History of Spanish dermatologic pathology; History of Spanish dermatology; History of Spanish microbiology; History of Spanish mycology