| Overview
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| Title: |
César
A. Mena Collection, 1914-1991 |
| Collection
No: |
CHC0357 |
| Extent: |
1.50 linear ft. (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
39B2 |
| Abstract: |
The
César A. Mena Collection contains the documentation
and research notes used by Dr. César A. Mena
Serra (1914-) to write his work Historia de la medicina
en Cuba (History of Medicine in Cuba),
which was published in two volumes by Ediciones Universal
in Miami, Florida in 1992 and 1993.
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| Administrative
Information |
Acquisition
Information: |
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Processed
by: |
Esperanza
de Varona and Myriam de la Rocha November, 1993. Updated
by María R. Estorino, October 2003. |
Encoded
by: |
Giselle
Fernandez, October 2003 |
Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is unrestricted. |
Preferred
Citation: |
César
A. Mena Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University
of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. |
Copyright
statement: |
©
2003 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission to publish materials
must be obtained in writing from the Director of the
Cuban Heritage Collection. |
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| Biographical
Note |
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César A. Mena Serra was born
in Güines, province of La Habana, Cuba, in 1914.
He graduated from the University of Havana with degrees
in medicine and dentistry. Dr. Mena was a professor
of pharmacology and physiology, of the School of Dentistry
at the University of Havana until 1959. When Castro
seized power in Cuba, Dr. Mena left to Miami as an exile.
Dr.
Mena was a founding member of the Cuban Society of the
Medical History, member of the American Society of Medicine,
the Society of Medical History in Venezuela, and member
of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry.
He served for four terms as secretary of Retiro
Odontológico in Exile. Dr. Mena was the
executive director of dental services for Miami-Dade
County’s health department until his retirement
in 1991.
Dr.
Mena has published articles in many scientific journals
of Latin America and the United States. He is the author
of several books: Historia de los dentistas que
lucharon en las Guerras de la Independencia (History
of the dentists who fought in Cuban Independence Wars);
Historia de la odontología en Cuba, 1492 1980
(History of Dentistry in Cuba 1492 1980); Historia de
la medicina en Cuba (History of the Medicine in Cuba;
and Santa Apolonia: Patrona dental (Saint Apolonia:
Dental Patron). |
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| Scope
and Content Note |
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The César A. Mena Collection
contains the documentation and research notes used by
Dr. César A. Mena Serra to write his work Historia
de la medicina en Cuba (History of Medicine in Cuba),
which was published in two volumes by Ediciones Universal
in Miami, Florida. The first volume, Hospitales
y centros benéficos en Cuba colonial (Hospitals
and charity centers in colonial Cuba), was published
in 1992, and the second volume, Ejercicios y enseñanzas
de las ciencias médicas en la época colonial
(Exercises and teachings of the medical sciences in
colonial Cuba), was published in 1993. Dr. Armando
F. Cobelo was co-author of these works.
This
collection also contains the galley proofs and illustrations
of volumes one and two; the original manuscript of volume
two; and an invitation to the presentation of the volume
one in March 1992. |
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| Container
List |
| Series
I: Research Papers |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1 |
1 |
Cuban
Physicians, 1878, 1880-1881 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
Cuban
Dentists, 1842-1899 |
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5 |
Cuban
Pharmacies and Pharmaceutics, 1863-1900 |
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6 |
"Historia
de la medicina en Venezuela" |
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7 |
"The
practice of medicine during the XVIII and XIX
centuries in Europe and
America" |
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8 |
Protomedicos
and Protomedicados in Colonial Cuba |
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9 |
Vaccination
in Cuba,
1833 |
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10 |
University
of Havana:
History |
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11 |
University
of Havana:
School of Medicine: Cátedra
de Clínica Médica |
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12 |
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Cátedra
de Clínica Quirúrgica |
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13 |
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Cátedra
de Fisiología Humana |
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14 |
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15 |
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Cátedra
de la Historia de la Medicina |
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16 |
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17 |
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Cátedra
de Terapéutica Materia Medica |
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18 |
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Cátedra
de Artes de Recetar y Farmacología |
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 |
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| Series
II: Historia de la medicina en Cuba |
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Sub-series A: Volume One: Hospitales y centros
benéficos en Cuba colonial |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 2 |
23 |
Galley
Proof: Cover |
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24 |
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Prologue
and Introduction |
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25-33 |
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34 |
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"Orden
Cronólogico de la Fundación de los Hospitales de |
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35 |
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36 |
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37 |
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38 |
Invitation
to Presentation |
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Sub-series B: VolumeTwo: Ejercicios
y enseñanzas de las ciencias médicas en la época
colonial |
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 2 |
39 |
Manuscript:
Acknowledgements |
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40-54 |
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55 |
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56 |
Galley
Proof: Introduction |
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57-71 |
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72 |
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73 |
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