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Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1433-1434.

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THE SPECIALTY of ophthalmology in Spain became established during the second half of the 19th century. In Madrid in 1872, the Instituto Oftalmico Nacional provided the training of Spain's first-generation ophthalmologists and it continues to thrive. The second generation of ophthalmologists became established with the founding of the Sociedad Oftalmologíca Hispano-Americans in 1903. Ophthalmology was officially recognized and included as a subject in medical schools in 1902, and the first professorships in ophthalmology were created at the Universities of Madrid and Barcelona.¹

SPANISH SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Spain has about 4000 ophthalmologists for its 38 million inhabitants. The Spanish Society of Ophthalmology (Sociedad Española de Oftalmología [see Web site at: http://www.oftalmo.com/seo]) has 3000 members, 95% of whom are from Spain. The society sponsors an annual meeting for scientific exchange of information and teaching through courses and papers and annually publishes a selected ophthalmic topic as a book.

The society also publishes the journal Archivos . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

UNDERGRADUATE OPHTHALMOLOGY IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL

TRAINING IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

SUBSPECIALTIES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH