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post three years. In igoi he was made 

 oculist of the Centra Balear (Balearic Is- 

 lands Club); and resigned in 1906 when 

 he became oculist of the Ccntro de De- 

 pend ientes (Clerks Club), which position 

 he later resigned. 



In 1908 he established a clinic of his 

 own which bears his name. Meantime at 

 one period or another he has been oculist 

 to all the societies for mutual help in Ha- 

 vana and on occasion has been attending 

 all of them at the same time. 



Dr. Guiral has contributed to the pro- 

 gress of his profession by various studies 

 and experiments; he has completed a. set 

 of slides for stereoscopic use containing 

 four hundred slides which exhibit the whole 

 of the surgery of the eye, and has set 

 up a complete laboratory of photomicro- 

 graphy, the only one in Cuba. 



He is the inventor of the treatment for 

 the care of Oftalmia blenorrdgica in children 

 which has proved successful in 1,200 cases. 

 He is also the inventor of the operation 

 called Diverticulo eanalicidotomia and of the 

 special instrument for this operation. He 



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