HERNANDEZ 



EUSEBIO HERNANDEZ 



Soldier ; physician. 



Eusebio Hernandez was born in the 

 year 1858, in the town of Colon, Province 

 of Matanzas, and received his education in 

 Madrid where he obtained the degree of 

 Doctor of Medicine which was afterwards 

 confirmed at Tegucigalpa, the capital of 

 Honduras, and also at Havana. At a 

 later date he pursued special studies in 

 obstetrics in Paris. 



In 1879 he interrupted his studies at 

 Madrid to take part in the revolution 

 known as the "Little War" (La Guerra 

 Chiquita) which had its origin in an upris- 

 ing organized abroad and brought to pass 

 in Santiago on August 26th of that year. 

 In this enterprise he held the rank of Cap- 

 tain and in the same year he was promoted, 

 in consideration of his services to the 



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