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Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and the Notarial School. During Rizal's time as a student at the
university, more developments occurred. A School for Midwives was created in 1879. The school was
established to reduce infant mortality which was caused by traditional midwives or hilots. The
establishment of this school allowed women for the very first time to be enrolled in
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