Use of X-rays in the Spanish-Cuban-American War

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Keywords:

american-spanish war, hospital ship, X-rays.

Abstract

In Cuba, the first X-ray department was set up in 1907 by Francisco Domínguez Roldán. Little is reported about a previous contact during the 19th century in the Spanish-Cuban-American war. This article describes the use of X-rays in the Spanish-Cuban-American war and its importance in the history of Radiology. For this war the American side prepared its hospital ships. The Army fitted out the Relief and the Missouri, while the Navy did it with the Solace. The Olivette and the Bay State also became hospital ships. All were equipped with X-ray equipment. Captain Borden published a book in 1900 "The Use of Roentgen Rays by the Medical Department of the U.S. Navy in the War with Spain (1898)" which marked a before and after in the use of X-rays. This was a transcendental fact for the history of Radiology and favored a considerable advance in military and civilian health.

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Author Biography

Leidelén Esquivel Sosa, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Universitario José Luis Miranda

Especialista de I y II Grado en Imagenología

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Published

2023-01-01

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Esquivel Sosa L. Use of X-rays in the Spanish-Cuban-American War. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Apr. 2];52(1):e02302308. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2308

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Vol. 52 No. 1 (2023): January - March

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From History

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