C O R O N A D O 



TOMAS V. CORONADO 



Physician; teacher; author. 



Tomas V. Coronado was born in 1855 in 

 Matanzas and there in his native town com- 

 pleted the courses leading to the Bachelor's 

 degree at the Colegio " La Empresa " and in 

 the Institute. Interrupted for a time by 

 reverses of fortune which obliged him to 

 turn to commercial pursuits, he resumed 

 his studies at the University of Havana 

 where in 18S1 he gained the degree of 

 Licentiate and in the following year that 

 of Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. While 

 he was a student he won in competitive 

 examination the appointment as Assistant 

 in Dissection and Histology and later that 

 of Interne in the Hospital of San Felipe 

 and Santiago. He served also as free in- 

 structor of preparatory education in Zool- 

 ogy, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and Histology. 



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