Introduction:

Dr. Mario E. Dihigo Llanos, and a group of colleagues-enterprisers, founded the journal Medica (renamed Revista Medica Electronica in 1997) in Matanzas, in 1921.

Objectives:

to highlight the centenary of the journal and to contribute to keep the memory of the prominent pedagogue up.

Materials and methods:

methods of the historical research were used like the analytic-synthetic and the deductive-inductive ones, and also the chronological and geographic sub-methods. Interviews were made and the documental legacy of Dr. Mario Dihigo was reviewed. The information was compared with the referenced sources and the other referred bibliography and documents.

Results:

some of the most significant features of Dr. Dihigo’s life and work were emphasized. A characterization of the first stages of the journal was carried out, approaching its historical and scientific significance.

Conclusions:

the main Dihigo’s legacies were his contributions to Medicine and Pedagogy, and his efforts for founding the journal Medica.

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