The Santa Clara Dental Pharmaceutical Body, the first Villa Clara Scientific Society

Introduction: the Medical-Dental-Pharmaceutical Corps, founded on December 11, 1892 in Santa Clara, was one of the oldest and most enduring scientific societies in Cuba. Objective: to specify the origin and development of the Medical-Dental-Pharmaceutical Corps of Santa Clara and to demonstrate that it was one of the oldest and most enduring societies of its kind in Cuba. Methods: a historical documentary research was carried out during 2019, using theoretical methods that allowed the analysis of the study objective, based on the interaction of the historical and the logical and from the temporal and spatial dimensions, and empirical: the documentary analysis and interviews to important informants. A methodological triangulation was carried out to arrive at integrative considerations. Results: some historical antecedents of the development of Public Health in Santa Clara and the emergence of important personalities of Medical Sciences in the territory at the end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX century were addressed. These personalities allowed the creation of a scientific society that organized and supported the development of those professions in Santa Clara and exerted its influence in the province. Conclusions: the foundation of the Medical-Dental Pharmaceutical Corps of Santa Clara represented a step forward for the development of Medical Sciences in the territory and particularly in Villa Clara and was, after the Society of Clinical Studies of Havana, one of the most stable in the country in the field of Medical Sciences.