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prison infirmary, the public dispensary and, 

 during the American Provisional Govern- 

 ment, was chief of the Board of Health. 



In 1909 he went to Havana as head of 

 Hospital Number One (now Hospital 

 Calixto Garcia), but resigned to take a 

 similar position with the Casa de Beiie- 

 ficencia y Maternidad; in this capacity he 

 represented the Cuban government at the 

 International Congress on Infantile Dis- 

 eases convened in Berlin in 191 1 and, after 

 studying asylums and hospitals in the 

 United States and throughout Europe, 

 reformed according to the most advanced 

 standards the hospital in his charge. 



Politically Dr. Mencia is a Liberal and 

 in 1916 was elected to represent the Prov- 

 ince of Havana in the National House of 

 Representatives. 



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