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BOSCH-GONZALEZ, Libet de las Mercedes et al. Dr. Gustavo Pittaluga Fattorini. In memoriam. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.1, pp. 11-19. ISSN 1729-519X.

Dr.Gustavo Pittaluga Fattorini (1877-1956), was a wise renowed tropicalist hematologist and universal humanist who lived the last fourteen years of his life among us as a political exile antifascist. During his stay in Cuba he left the fruit of his talent. He developed an outstanding scientific and cultural work of unquestionable highlight supported by the publication of books and hundreds of articles and lectures in newspapers and magazines of the country and prestigious institutions. During the performance of his chair,the study of parasitic diseases such as malaria led him to a better understanding of blood elements. Therefore he promoted the creation of a special service geared towards this purpose and as a result of his studies he became one of the world's top hematologists and contributed to the creation of a Spanish school where great Hematology researchers along with their Master formed and gave glory to the Hispanic Medicine.

Palabras clave : Dr. Gustavo Pittaluga Fattorini; Hematological Spanish School; blood elements; antifascist.

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