ORTEGA 



LUIS ORTEGA Y BOLANOS 



Physician; teacher. 



Luis Ortega y Bolanos was born on 

 the sixteenth of July, 1872, in the city of 

 Cienfuegos and there, in the Colegio of the 

 Jesuit Fathers he received his early educa- 

 tion. Later he went to Havana where he 

 entered the University and gained the 

 degree of Licentiate in Medicine in 1896 

 and that of Doctor in 1899. 



When the Spanish-American War broke 

 out he removed to Mexico where he re- 

 mained, practicing his profession, until 

 peace was signed when he returned to 

 Cuba. 



He served as Interne in the Hospital of 

 Nuestra Sefwra de las Mercedes, and later 

 as Head Interne for ten years. In 1906 he 

 entered the competitive examination for 

 the post of Professor of Clinical Medicine 



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