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pendence in 1895, he offered his professional 

 services to the Army of Liberation, but 

 being without private means of support for 

 his family he was permitted to serve in the 

 vicinity of Havana and to devote a portion 

 of his time to personal affairs. The war 

 terminated, he returned to his surgical 

 practice in the several hospitals of the 

 city and in the "Quinta del Rey. " 



In 1906 he founded his clinic "San 

 Rafael. " Throughout the Revolution 

 which broke out the same year, he gave his 

 services in city and country and used his 

 clinic as an army hospital. He had in 

 his care the Commander-in-Chief, General 

 Maximo Gomez and, refusing to accept 

 any emolument for that service, the City 

 Council of Havana proclaimed him an 

 "adopted son of that city and capital." 



In 1908 the Liberal party elected him to 

 represent the Province of Havana in the 

 lower house of Congress where he was 

 placed at the head of the Committee of 

 Health and Philanthropy; but he resigned 

 to accept President Gomez's appointment 

 as Surgeon General of the army with the 



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