In light of the centenary of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, we recall a paper published in 1973 by José Cabré, an influential figure in dermatology at the time, and the first Spaniard to sit on the International Committee of Dermatology.

Yuichiro Tsunemi, Hironobu Ihn, Yuka Shimada, Kazuhiko Takehara, Motomu Manabe and Kunihiko Tamaki Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University and Department of Dermatology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Accepted August 2...

SANDRA MARIA BARBOSA DURÃES*, SIMONE DE ABREU NEVES SALLES**, VERONICA RODRIGUES BOGADO LEITE*** & MORGANA OHIRA GAZZETA**** *Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil **Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ***Graduate Student in Dermatology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro...

We review novel technologies with diagnostic and therapeutic applications in dermatology. Among the diagnostic techniques that promise to become part of dermatologic practice in the future are optical coherence tomography, multiphoton laser scanning microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, thermography, and 7-T magnetic resonance imaging. Advances in therapy include novel light-based treatments, such as...