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Mater, the University of Pennsylvania. 

 He was selected in 1890 by this University 

 to investigate and report upon Koch's 

 discovery of tuberculine. Whilst in Berlin 

 he took a course on the Pathology of the 

 Blood with Ehrlich, and laboratory courses 

 with Israel, PfeifTer, Jiirgens, and Gunther. 

 At the outbreak of the war for the In- 

 dependence of Cuba, in 1895, Dr. Guiteras, 

 then in the United States, gave his best 

 efforts to obtain recognition of Cuban 

 belligerency by the American Government, 

 and on the formation of the Cuban Re- 

 public he devoted himself to strengthening 

 the foundations of the new state, particu- 

 larly laboring to give Cuba a sound and 

 scientific national hygiene. In 1900 he 

 founded the Review of Tropical Medicine. 

 As colaborer with Dr. Finlay and his asso- 

 ciates Reed, Carroll, Lazear, and Agra- 

 monte he shared in the final demonstration 

 of the transmission of yellow fever by the 

 mosquito. Since 1909, as Director of 

 Sanitation of Cuba, he has contributed 

 largely to keeping the Republic free from 

 epidemic diseases and reducing the liabil- 



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