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English: Title: The Cuba review

Identifier: cubarevie21muns Year: 1907-1931. (1900s) Authors: Munson Steamship Line Subjects: Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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Text Appearing Before Image: NEW YORK BOTANICAL 1LKKUEN THF CUBA REVIEW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XXT July, 1923 Number 8 Cuban Government Matters

Text Appearing After Image: Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez Lee The Colombian Minister to Cuba Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez Lee has repre- sented his government for many years as Minister from the RepubHc of Colombia to Cuba. He is the author of a treatise: "A Study of the History of Medicine in the RepubHc of Colombia," which excited great interest at the Sixth Medical Congress, which took place in the old Santa Clara Convent in Havana in November, 1922. Not only is it a masterly study of medicine, but it is also an account of the principal historical events in Colombia during Spanish regime, to July 2d, 1810, when independence was declared. Medicine began to be studied in Colombia when it was called Nuevo Reinado de Granada and Santa Fe, as early as 1600, and the first university was established at that date. The Colombian naturalist, Jose Celistino Mutis, who was the physician of the Viceroy Don Pedro Mesa de la Corda, was the first to analyze and send to Europe tea from Bogota, and bark of quinine. In 1817 the first academy of medicine was founded. In 1924 new chairs of learning were established and the study of medicine made great strides. The National University, founded in 1867, had a medical school with fourteen pro- fessors. At the present time the Republic of Colombia has six universities. National Debt Commission One important act of the Cuban Congress resulted in the decree signed by President Zayas and Secretary of the Treasury Hernandez Cartaya, ordering and regulating the payment of the bills and accounts ap- proved by the National Debt Commission. Sixty per cent, of each account approved belonging to the PubHc Works Department will be Hquidated and 30 per cent, of the other accounts. This will greatly improve the financial situation of the country as a whole and favor the commercial and indus- trial elements greatly.

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