[Deficiency neuropathies in Madrid during the Civil War period].

During the Spanish Civil War Madrid was submitted to a prolonged siege. The civilians were only fed with the official diet and suffered severe malnutrition. A group of physicians, represented by Manuel Peraita, studied the epidemic of deficiency diseases in detail. The majority of the complications were neurological. Peraita isolated a relatively unknown paresthesic syndrome possibly related to pellagra. The present is a small homage to a forgotten generation of neurologists.