Abstract

VILAPLANA SANTALO, Carlos Antonio. New evidence on Vicente Antonio de Castro y Bermúdez. Rev cuba anestesiol reanim [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.2, pp.179-188. ISSN 1726-6718.

Background: the development acquired in the basic sciences such as anatomy and physiology made Dr. Vicente Antonio Bermudez de Castro a keen observer and a skilled surgeon; below we will see his contributions to different medical specialties. Objective: to show new evidence on professional activity of Dr. Vicente Antonio de Castro y Bermúdez. Development: he is considered one of the pioneers of surgery for the correction of strabismus, according to constancy presented by bibliographer, Dr Carlos M. Trilles. He was the initiator of some interventions in the field of Angiology. He performed external iliac artery ligation to an African patient in 1842 in San Juan de Dios Hospital and right subdavia in 1848 as referred by Trelles Govín. In the field of Orthopedics, new evidence recently found by the author appeared which was not presented by the historians of Medicine in Cuba during the 20th Century and the first decade of the 21st Century when He also made incursions on Orthopedic Surgery. Conclusions: professional recognitions are made to his elections and writings which contributed to the progress of Cuban Medicine and awaken the enthusiasm for this type of studies in our university students.

Keywords : Vicente Antonio de Castro; new scientific evidence.

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