CO R N I D E 



JOSE B. CORNIDE 



Doctor; legislator. 



Jose B. Cornide was born in Santa 

 Clara on the thirteenth of December, 

 1859. After passing the early stages of 

 education in his native town, he went to 

 the Colegio of Esculapius in Guanabacoa 

 where he completed the studies requisite 

 for the Bachelor's degree in 1878. Then 

 he entered the University at Havana to fit 

 himself for a career in the practice of Medi- 

 cine. He obtained the degree of Licen- 

 tiate in 1883 and fulfilled the intellectual 

 requirements leading to the Doctor's de- 

 gree, but the expenses attending the 

 ceremony of granting the degree (Investi- 

 dura) prevented him from obtaining it. 



Returning then to Santa Clara, Cornide 

 began the practice of his profession, mean- 

 time devoting himself to the various prob- 



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