Abstract

HODELIN TABLADA, Ricardo  and  HODELIN FUENTES, Ricardo. The dilemmas of Dr. Máximo Zertucha Ojeda, a military doctor in the war of 95. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2020, vol.49, n.4  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 1561-3046.

Dr. Máximo Zertucha Ojeda was a military doctor who participated in the war of 1895 and became Antonio Maceo's personal physician. After the death of the Bronze Titan, the doctor left the ranks of the Liberating Army to seek a Spanish pardon. This serious decision provoked an intense polemic that caused much damage to the prestige of the doctor, in spite of which he returned and was judged by a court martial that exonerated him of responsibilities and allowed his reinstatement to the mambisas hosts. The aim of this article is to analyse the desertion of the Dr. Zertucha in the context of Antonio Maceo death and decide if the doctor contributed informations to the spanish enemy to facilitate the capture and death of theTitam of bronze. Published inaccuracies related to the causes of his transfer to Mexico, where he completed his medical studies, the procedures carried out at the University of Havana to revalidate the degree and his date of graduation, are rectified. Aspects of his childhood and youth are commented, as well as incorporation to the war struggle. The repercussion of the events of San Pedro and the distortion by different press organs in Cuba and abroad is analyzed. The arguments of the doctor in his defense are highlighted as well as other elements in his favor offered by different colleagues.

Keywords : Antonio Maceo Grajales; 95 war; Máximo Zertucha Ojeda; Military Health; military doctor.

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