SANTOS FERNANDEZ 



JUAN SANTOS FERNANDEZ 



Physician ; ophthalmolo- 

 gist; publicist. 



Juan Santos Fernandez was born on 

 the twenty-second of June, 1847, a "t "At- 

 revido" the estate of his maternal grand- 

 father in the town of Alacranes, Province 

 of Matanzas. 



He began his studies at the Colegio of 

 Belen in Havana where he gained the 

 Bachelor's degree and entered the Univer- 

 sity of Havana. He remained there, how- 

 ever, only two years, passing to Madrid 

 where, in June, 1872, he received the degree 

 of Licentiate in Medicine and two years 

 later at Barcelona that of Doctor. 



His devotion to Ophthalmology was 

 apparent during his university days and 

 has remained the central interest in his life. 

 From Spain he went to Paris where he 

 gave special study to his chosen subject 



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