The Institutionalization and Professionalization of the Medical Library in Puerto Rico: The Conrad F. Asenjo Library’s Legacy.

Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico Pub Date : 2016-01-01

C M Santos-Corrada

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The discourse about health in Puerto Rico has been constructed using the physician and hospital’s perspective or a particular disease or epidemic. Thus far, this approach has not addressed the health library as an object of study. The origins and development of the Conrado F. Asenjo Library (CFAL) will be discussed. Before 1912, there were no medical libraries in Puerto Rico, only private collections. In 1914, the act that created the Institute of Tropical Medicine was amended to allocate funds for the purchase of books to support research in tropical diseases in Puerto Rico. The history of the CFA Library reflects its contribution to issues, concerns, development of research, and to the evolving paradigms in the health field in the Island. Historical documents, such as Bailey K. Ashford’s personal papers located at the CFAL and Georgetown University Archives (GU) were evaluated. Institutional reports from the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) and articles published by Puerto Rican physicians such as Dr. Pedro Gutiérrez Igaravídez and Dr. Isaac González Martínez, affiliated to the Institute of Tropical Medicine, were also studied. Finally, references and bibliographies in articles published between 1912 and 1924 were evaluated and consulted to find additional sources.

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波多黎各医学图书馆的制度化和专业化:康拉德F.阿森霍图书馆的遗产。

在波多黎各，关于健康的论述是从医生和医院的角度或某种特定疾病或流行病的角度来构建的。到目前为止，这种方法还没有将健康图书馆作为研究对象。将讨论Conrado F. Asenjo图书馆(CFAL)的起源和发展。1912年以前，波多黎各没有医学图书馆，只有私人收藏。1914年，建立热带医学研究所的法案被修改，拨款购买书籍，以支持波多黎各的热带病研究。CFA图书馆的历史反映了它对该岛卫生领域的问题、关注、研究发展和不断发展的范例的贡献。历史文件，如贝利K.阿什福德的个人文件位于CFAL和乔治城大学档案馆(GU)进行了评估。还研究了热带医学学院(STM)的机构报告和波多黎各医生发表的文章，如隶属于热带医学研究所的Pedro gutisamurez博士Igaravídez和Isaac博士GonzálezMartínez。最后，对1912年至1924年间发表的文章中的参考文献和参考书目进行了评估和查阅，以找到其他来源。

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