VALDES ANCIANO 



JOSE A. VALDES ANCIANO 



Physician; teacher. 



Jose A. Valdes Anciano was born on 

 the twenty-first of March, 1869, in the 

 city of Matanzas and there obtained his 

 early education, completing the courses for 

 the Bachelor's degree. Thereafter he en- 

 tered the University of Havana where he 

 devoted himself to the study of Medicine 

 and gained the degree of Licentiate and 

 later that of Doctor. 



He entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Havana and in 1906 obtained 

 by competitive examination the Chair of 

 Nervous and Mental Ailments in the School 

 of Medicine in the University. 



He has filled various positions related to 

 his profession and has contributed articles, 

 dealing with medical subjects, to various 

 reviews and journals, Cuban and foreign. 



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