LOPEZ DEL VALLE 



JOS ANTONIO LOPEZ DEL VALLE 



Doctor; health officer. 



Jose Antonio Lopez del Valle was 

 born in Havana on the sixth of November, 

 1875, and was educated by his mother. 

 At the age of twelve he was pupil-teacher 

 in a private school , at the age of fourteen 

 he was assistant-professor in a public 

 school of the Monserrate ward, and at 

 fifteen he was student-interne in the Hospi- 

 tal Aldecoa. Aided by the maternal coun- 

 sels, Lopez del Valle continued his arduous 

 course; he obtained the degree of Licentiate 

 in 1897 and that of Doctor of Medicine 

 and Surgery in 1903. 



After seven years at the Hospital of 

 Aldecoa in which he held the most impor- 

 tant posts, he accepted the position of 

 Physician of the Emergency Station and 

 Home Relief Staff (Casa de Socorro y 



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