FERNANDEZ MASCARO 



GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ 

 MASCARO 



Physician; educator; public man. 



Guillermo Fernandez Mascaro was 

 born in Puerto Rico in 1872 of cultured and 

 well-to-do parents, his father being a writer 

 of some note. His academic education in 

 San Juan de. Puerto Rico was followed by 

 scientific study in the University of Havana 

 where he obtained the degree of Licen- 

 tiate in Physico-Chemical Science in 1892. 

 As a student in the School of Medicine and 

 Surgery of the same University he was 

 winner in many competitions and was 

 graduated with the highest honors in 1895, 

 receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine 

 and Surgery. 



Although of foreign birth, Mascaro, dur- 

 ing his student days became one of the 



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