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    The Life and Works of Dr. Jose P. Rizal: Rizal As A Doctor

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    Dr. Jose Rizal chose to become a doctor to treat his mother's cataracts. He studied medicine in the Philippines and Spain, specializing in ophthalmology under renowned French and German doctors Louis De Wecker and Otto Becker. Rizal then practiced ophthalmology in the Philippines, Hong Kong while in exile, and the Philippines again, successfully removing his mother's catararact. Three animal species are named after Rizal due to his interest in collecting specimens.

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    Dr. Jose Rizal chose to become a doctor to treat his mother's cataracts. He studied medicine in the Philippines and Spain, specializing in ophthalmology under renowned French and German doctors Louis De Wecker and Otto Becker. Rizal then practiced ophthalmology in the Philippines, Hong Kong while in exile, and the Philippines again, successfully removing his mother's catararact. Three animal species are named after Rizal due to his interest in collecting specimens.

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    Dr. Jose Rizal chose to become a doctor to treat his mother's cataracts. He studied medicine in the Philippines and Spain, specializing in ophthalmology under renowned French and German doctors Louis De Wecker and Otto Becker. Rizal then practiced ophthalmology in the Philippines, Hong Kong while in exile, and the Philippines again, successfully removing his mother's catararact. Three animal species are named after Rizal due to his interest in collecting specimens.

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    THE LIFE AND WORKS OF

    DR. JOSE P. RIZAL


    Rizal as a Doctor
    Why Dr. Jose Rizal choose to become a
    doctor?
    ❑ He wanted to treat his
    mothers eyes that has
    cataracts.
    Why Dr. Jose Rizal choose to become a
    doctor?
    ❑ Opthalmologist
    Schools
    University of Santo Tomas
    ❑ he studied medicine, agriculture, surveying,
    and philosophy and letters.
    ❑ 1879-1882
    Central university of Madrid
    ❑ 1882-1884
    ❑ He received his licentiate in Medicine in 1884
    Training as an Opthalmologist
    ❑ Rizal chose to specialize in ophthalmology and
    worked in the eye clinic of Dr. Louis De
    Wecker, a famous French ophthalmologist.
    ❑ He introduced ophthalmoscopy into France
    and advanced ocular surgery. He modified
    cataract and strabismus surgery, devised a new
    method of enucleation, advocated sclerotomy
    for the treatment of glaucoma, and was the first
    to use the termfiltration.
    ❑ He worked for Dr. De Wecker from November
    1885 to February 1886.
    Louis De Wecker
    ❑ In February 1886, Rizal moved to Heidelberg.
    ❑ Augenklinik (Eye Clinic) of Otto Becker
    ❑ Becker (1828-1890) was professor of
    ophthalmology at the University of Heidelberg
    from 1868 to 1890 and helped make this
    department one of the best in Germany.
    Rizal spent the next 6 months working as
    assistant to Becker.
    Otto Becker
    ❑ On his way back to de Wecker's clinic in Paris in
    1887, Rizal took time to travel through Europe to
    learn from and visit with some additional
    prominent ophthalmologists and scientists.
    ❑ Among the ophthalmologists he visited, probably
    the most well-recognized today is Ernst Fuchs,
    whom he visited and worked with for a short time
    in Vienna.
    ❑ In Berlin Rizal met Rudolph Virchow, the "father of
    pathology," who invited him to become a member
    of the Berlin Anthropological Society.
    Ernst Fuchs
    Practice of Opthalmology
    ❑ Rizal practiced ophthalmology, mainly in
    Calamba (August 1887-February 1888)
    ▣ Hong Kong (November 1891-June 1892), while
    in exile in the town of Dapitan (July 1892-
    July1896).
    ❑ In Calamba in 1887, Rizal finally began to fulfil
    his lifelong dream of caring for his mother's
    eyesight. In Hong Kong in 1892, he successfully
    removed the cataract from his mother's left eye.
    Business Card of Rizal in Hongkong
    There are three animal species named after Rizal as he
    used to collect these animals while exiled in Dapitan

    ❑ Draco Rizali (Wandolleck) - a specie of flying


    dragon
    ❑ Rachophorous Rizali (Boetger) - a unknown
    specie of toad
    ❑ Apogonia Rizali (Heller) - a small beetle.
    Rizal really only had 2 patients:
    his mother and his country.

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