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School of Medicine of Havana, in the de- 

 partment of General and Medical Pathol- 

 ogy, and in the same year took charge of 

 the course in Histology at the same school. 

 In 1895 he became titular professor of Medi- 

 cal Natural History in the same school. 

 From 1896 to 1898 he was acting professor 

 of Natural History, including Mineralogy, 

 Botany, and Zoology at the University of 

 Havana. In 1898 to 1899 he held the chair 

 of Stratigraphic Paleontology in the same 

 faculty, that is, the Scientific Faculty of 

 the University. In 1 899 he was titular pro- 

 fessor of Mineralogy and Crystallography. 

 From 1900 to date he has acted as titular 

 professor, after a competition, in Chair " 1 " 

 in the School of Sciences. From 1900 to 

 1 90 1 he gave courses in Natural History 

 in the Normal Summer School. In 1902 

 and 1903 he gave similar courses in geog- 

 raphy. In 1906 he was a delegate of the 

 Cuban Government to the "X" section 

 of the Geological Congress held in Mexico 

 and was nominated Vice-president of this 

 Congress. 



In 1907 he was made Vocal of the Ex- 



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