MARTINEZ 



As a sanitarian Dr. Martinez was ap- 

 pointed a Member of the Commission for 

 Infectious Diseases by President Palma 

 and is now President of this Commission 

 and ex-officio a Member of the National 

 Board of Health and Charities. He at- 

 tended the Pan-American Medical Con- 

 gress at Panama, being sent by President 

 Palma, at the request of General Gorgas, 

 to expound to the medical men of Panama 

 in their own language the new methods 

 employed in the sanitation of Cuba. One 

 of the principal works of Dr. Martinez 

 was the active part he took trying to con- 

 tinue the work of the Intervention Govern- 

 ment in the Department of Charities. 

 Being a member of the National Board of 

 Charities and Correction he attended, with 

 other Directors of Hospitals of Cuba, the 

 28th National Conference of Charities 

 and Correction at Washington and learned 

 there the modern principles of Charities 

 and Correction with Mr. Homer Folks 

 and Mr. Devine. On his return to Havana 

 he organized Las Confer encias Nacionales de 

 Beneficencia y Correction with such success 



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