[Brief history of Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas]

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas was founded by Juan de Azúa in May 1909. The birth of the journal coincided with the founding of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, then known as the Spanish Society of Dermatology and Syphiligraphy, and it is this organization's official publication. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas gradually became established, until the year 1936, when its publication was interrupted for 14 months at the start of the Spanish Civil War. It resumed activity in October 1937 under Sainz de Aja, Gay Prieto and Eduardo de Gregorio. In the 1980's, it underwent a crisis that resulted in its exclusion from MEDLINE. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas gradually recovered under the management of Drs. Iglesias, Sánchez-Yus, Fernández-Herrera and Torrelo, and it has finally been included once again in the most consulted medical database in the world.