Ernesto Guevara's medical work in leprosarium in Latin America

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Ernesto Guevara, Che, leprosy, humanism.

Abstract

Within Ernesto Guevara's little disclosed medical work, the best known is his work about Allergology; but very little is known about his link with dermatology, due to a disease that harshly punished South America: leprosy. This work explains the medical work of Ernesto Guevara (Che) in different leprosarium during his first trip through Latin America. During this trip, when he was still a medical student, he gave lectures and helped spread the truths about leprosy, so that the sick people were accepted by society and adequately cared for by doctors. He critically observed the environment of the leprosarium he visited and made recommendations to improve them, which would favor the rehabilitation of the patients, whom he even treated and not only healed the body, but also the soul with its humanism without prejudice.

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2021-01-01

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Roque Pérez L, García López I. Ernesto Guevara’s medical work in leprosarium in Latin America. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2021 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 20];50(1):e0210610. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/610

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Vol. 50 No. 1 (2021): January - March

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From History

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