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naturalist who then headed the faculty of 

 sciences in the University. On Dr. Poey's 

 recommendation he was appointed by royal 

 order in 1888 to an adjunct professorship 

 in natural science, a position which he re- 

 signed in 1895. Upon the death of Poey 

 in 1 89 1 his professorship, zoology of verte- 

 brates, also was given to Mestre. 



In 1895, Dr. Mestre started on his first 

 trip abroad for scientific study. He spent 

 some time in New York and Toronto and 

 matriculated in the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Then, sojourning in Mexico, he 

 divided his time between medical work and 

 revolutionary propaganda. The govern- 

 ment of the State of Monterey put him in 

 charge of a lazaretto established to com- 

 bat the yellow fever epidemic. Already he 

 had begun specializing in nervous diseases 

 and he now was entrusted with that depart- 

 ment in the Monterey hospital. 



The War for Independence won, Dr. 

 Mestre in 1898 set out for Europe by way 

 of the United States and spent some months 

 in Paris attending the famous clinics up- 

 on mental and nervous disorders, Bicetre, 



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