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Don Santiago Felipe Ramón y Cajal y la medicina militar, vínculos con Cuba / Don Santiago Felipe Ramon y Cajal and the military medicine, links with Cuba
Vega Jiménez, Junior.
  • Vega Jiménez, Junior; Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. Matanzas. CU
Rev. cuba. med. mil ; 43(4): 555-569, oct.-dic. 2014.
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-735373
RESUMEN
El médico español Don Santiago Felipe Ramón y Cajal participó en el ejercicio de la medicina militar durante la Guerra de los Diez Años de Cuba, en los hospitales de "Vista Hermosa" y "San Isidro" en Puerto Príncipe (actual provincia de Camagüey), como capitán médico de campaña. Durante su estadía, entre 1874 y 1875, enfermó de disentería y paludismo por lo que solicitó la licencia para abandonar Cuba, la cual fue otorgada el 30 de mayo de 1875, tras ser diagnosticado de caquexia palúdica grave y declarado inutilizado en campaña. Los ahorros de su desventurada estancia en Cuba fueron las bases financieras que le permitieron iniciar sus investigaciones histológicas. Se han realizado varios homenajes sobre la repercusión de la figura de Cajal en la Histología y las Neurociencias en Cuba. El objetivo del artículo es describir la estancia de Cajal en Cuba como médico militar, así como los vínculos actuales en la isla, que transitan desde su designación como Académico de Mérito de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de La Habana en 1908, hasta la creación de la Cátedra Honorífica Santiago Ramón y Cajal de la Universidad de La Habana el 10 de diciembre de 2011.
ABSTRACT
Don Santiago Felipe Ramón y Cajal practiced military medicine in the Ten Year War in Cuba in "Vista Hermosa" and "San Isidro" hospitals located in Puerto Príncipe (Camagüey province today) as battlefield physician. During his stay from 1874 to 1875, he got sick from dysentery and malaria, so he asked for permission to leave Cuba and this was granted on May 30, 1875, after being diagnosed of serious malarial caquexia and declared as a soldier that could no longer be involved in the battlefield campaign. The money savings of his unfortunate stay in Cuba set the financial bases for the starting of his histological research work. There have been a number of activities to highlight the repercussion of Cajal´ s work on Histology and Neurosciences in our country. The objective of this article was to provide thorough details about the Cajal´s stay in Cuba as military physician as well as the present legacy of this personality in the island ranging from the appointment of Don Santiago as Emeritus Professor Academician of the Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences School in Havana in 1908 to the creation of the Honorary Chair "Santiago Ramón y Cajal" in Havana University on December 10th, 2011.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Neurosciences / Famous Persons / History of Medicine / Military Medicine / Nobel Prize Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Caribbean / Cuba / Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Journal subject: History of Medicine / Military Medicine Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Neurosciences / Famous Persons / History of Medicine / Military Medicine / Nobel Prize Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Caribbean / Cuba / Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Journal subject: History of Medicine / Military Medicine Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy/CU