DEL RIO 



FRANCISCO DEL RIO 



Physician; teacher. 



Francisco del Rio y Ferrer was born 

 in Havana on the twenty-seventh of De- 

 cember, 1880, but was educated chiefly in 

 Spain. He won the degree of Bachelor at 

 the Institute of Granada in 1897; then, 

 going to Seville, he studied at the Univer- 

 sity and graduated as Doctor of Veterinary 

 Medicine in 1905. In the following year he 

 gained the same degree in the University 

 of Havana, which also granted him the 

 degree of Doctor of Pharmacy in 19 13 and 

 that of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery in 

 1918. 



In 1904 he was appointed Assistant in 

 the Faculty of the Veterinary School of 

 Cordoba (Spain). In 1906 the Board of 

 Health of Havana made him Veterinary 

 Inspector. In 1907 he was appointed 



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