Creation and initial development of the Radiology Service of the Faculty of Medicine from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. One hundred years

The first X-rays laboratory of Hospital San Juan de Dios in Bogotá was acquired by the board of directors of the Faculty of Medicine and Natural Sciences of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and was opened in September 1917. This laboratory was created in order to modernize the attention of patients...

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Autores:
Hulloa-Guerrero, Luis Heber
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65210
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65210
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66233/
Palabra clave:
61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Historia
Historia de la Medicina
Radiología
Colombia
History
History of Medicine
Radiology
Colombia
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The first X-rays laboratory of Hospital San Juan de Dios in Bogotá was acquired by the board of directors of the Faculty of Medicine and Natural Sciences of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and was opened in September 1917. This laboratory was created in order to modernize the attention of patients and to promote medical education. Radiology, as a subject, was first introduced to the Medicine program curriculum of this university in 1928. It is important to note that before Gonzalo Gómez Esguerra became the first Colombian director of the laboratory, three radiologist from abroad had already taken this position.