. is the beginning of an end 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 Credits to Augusto V JOSE RIZAL AND THE DOMINICAN CONNECTION