The figure of José Felipe Poey is analyzed as one of the great Cuban naturalists who worked in many fields of knowledge in the nineteenth century. The article focusses on his work in ichthyology in Cuba and is divided into two parts. In the first, the author refers to Poey's study of ciguatera, an illness caused by human ingestion of toxic fish and describes the fish that cause the illness, the number of species, the symptoms, precautions and treatment. Data is given on the toxic species, based on the knowledge of other naturalists like Antonio Parra who had studied this subject. Poey's interest in philology in his analysis of the origin of the work «ciguatera» is also discussed. The second part is concerned with fishing regulations in forc...
Not available.El presente artículo pretende una aproximación a un tema un tanto olvidado por la hist...
The pigmy marmoset or leoncillo (Callithrix pygmaea) is the smallest known platyrrhine primate speci...
Tradicionalmente la producción azucarera ha constituido la base de la economía cubana, tanto a lo la...
The article examines one of the areas of interest encouraged by the Academy in the first half of thi...
The present work focuses in a description of the main subjects that drew the attention of the member...
El mantenimiento de los servicios de los arrecifes de coral depende, en gran parte, de la conservaci...
Studies on Cuban History in the 19th Century have developed widely in Spain in the last ten years, p...
This paper considers what is, perhaps, one of the least studied aspects of the Botanical Expedition ...
Uno de los medios de conocer, controlar y gobernar las colonias fue el envío de expediciones científ...
This paper is a first approach to the study of the origins of mental medicine in Cuba through the th...
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, toda apelación a la animalidad de determinados hombres fue si...
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, toda apelación a la animalidad de determinados hombres fue s...
Reimpresión de artículo original con fecha 27 de noviembre de 1992.Luis Beiro González (biografía): ...
The sugar boom at the end of the eighteenth century in Cuba required the import of a large work forc...
An understanding of the process of the development of scientific thought requires the utilization of...
Not available.El presente artículo pretende una aproximación a un tema un tanto olvidado por la hist...
The pigmy marmoset or leoncillo (Callithrix pygmaea) is the smallest known platyrrhine primate speci...
Tradicionalmente la producción azucarera ha constituido la base de la economía cubana, tanto a lo la...
The article examines one of the areas of interest encouraged by the Academy in the first half of thi...
The present work focuses in a description of the main subjects that drew the attention of the member...
El mantenimiento de los servicios de los arrecifes de coral depende, en gran parte, de la conservaci...
Studies on Cuban History in the 19th Century have developed widely in Spain in the last ten years, p...
This paper considers what is, perhaps, one of the least studied aspects of the Botanical Expedition ...
Uno de los medios de conocer, controlar y gobernar las colonias fue el envío de expediciones científ...
This paper is a first approach to the study of the origins of mental medicine in Cuba through the th...
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, toda apelación a la animalidad de determinados hombres fue si...
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, toda apelación a la animalidad de determinados hombres fue s...
Reimpresión de artículo original con fecha 27 de noviembre de 1992.Luis Beiro González (biografía): ...
The sugar boom at the end of the eighteenth century in Cuba required the import of a large work forc...
An understanding of the process of the development of scientific thought requires the utilization of...
Not available.El presente artículo pretende una aproximación a un tema un tanto olvidado por la hist...
The pigmy marmoset or leoncillo (Callithrix pygmaea) is the smallest known platyrrhine primate speci...
Tradicionalmente la producción azucarera ha constituido la base de la economía cubana, tanto a lo la...