MESTRE 



Salpetriere, Santa Ana, etc., as well as 

 studying institutions devoted to the care 

 of abnormal children, following summer 

 courses in natural history, and taking 

 lessons in anthropology. Returning to 

 New York he continued the same lines of 

 study at the Vanderbilt Polyclinic, at 

 hospitals, and the Museum of Natural 

 History. At the end of 1899 he reached 

 Havana. 



In conformity with the order of the 

 American Provisional Governor, he gave in 

 1 900- 1 904 free courses in anthropology 

 and in nervous and mental diseases at the 

 National Museum, with related laboratory 

 practice. During the same years he de- 

 livered many addresses in hospitals, in 

 the Normal School, the Summer School, 

 and the Institute for Secondary Education. 



As the result of competition in 1904, Dr. 

 Mestre was named Assistant Professor of 

 the School of Sciences with the additional 

 duties of Curator of the Poey Museum, 

 which positions he continues to occupy 

 (191 9). To his efforts is due the erection 

 of the Hall of Natural Sciences and the 



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