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Revista Cubana de Farmacia
On-line version ISSN 1561-2988
Abstract
MARCHANTE CASTELLANOS, Pilar and MERCHAN GONZALEZ, Francisco. Origin of Pharmacy teaching in Cuba . Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2006, vol.40, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2988.
Havana University is almost three centuries-old; however, no study has been made so far in which the history of Pharmacy career has been chronologically and systematically presented. The objective of this paper was to look for the most ancient information available in order to present in a brief way the antecedents and origins of Pharmaceutical Sciences teaching at university in Cuba, taking the most significant aspects of the situation prevailing in the island before the emergence of the first university in 1728 as a basis. Additionally, through the analysis of existing documents of that time, it was possible to precise over the year when Pharmacy career was included in that first university.
Keywords : History of Pharmacy in Cuba; origin of pharmaceutical studies in Cuba; antecedents of Pharmacy career in Cuba.