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signed and he returned to Cuba to enter 

 upon his profession, which he practiced, 

 first at Manzanillo and later at Havana 

 where he set up an academy to prepare 

 medical students for their examinations. 



On the outbreak of the Revolutionary 

 War in 1895 he took part in the propaganda 

 and expeditionary activities carried on 

 from New York where he was President 

 of the Revolutionary Council. He was 

 also Vice-president of the Assembly of 

 Santa Cruz and member of the Constitu- 

 ent Assembly. Under the American Inter- 

 vention he was Secretary of Gobernacioi, 

 and held the same office under President 

 Estrada Palma. In 1905, he was elected 

 Senator for the Province of Havana. He 

 has been deeply engaged in politics, first 

 in the Autonomist party, in which he was 

 a member of the Central Committee until 

 1895; then in the National party of which 

 he was one of the founders, and later in the 

 Conservative party which he aided in 

 founding. 



His professional activities have been 

 numerous and varied. He was the Presi- 



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