AFTER HIS SCHOOLING IN MADRID
HE TOOK DOCTORAL UNITS
NORMAL HISTOLOGY
SURGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
JOSE RIZAL, M.D.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
PARIS, FRANCE, HE APPRENTICED IN THE CLINIC OF
DR. LOUIS DE WECKER
FROM PARIS HE WENT TO HEIDELBERG
UNIVERSITY EYE HOSPITAL OWNED AND MANAGED BY DR. OTTO BECKER
HE LEARNED PRACTICAL OPERATION ON EYE DISEASES
“A LAS FLORES DE HEIDELBERG” (TO THE FLOWERS OF HEIDELBERG)
WILHEMSFELD – A MOUNTAINOUS VILLAGE NEAR HEIDELBERG
PASTOR KARL ULLMER – A LUTHERAN MINISTER
HEIDELBERG
JULY 31, 1886 – HE SENT A LETTER TO FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT
HE ALSO SENT A COPY OF THE BOOK OF RUFINO BALTAZAR HERNANDEZ
ENTITLED “ARITMETIKA”
LEIPZIG = TWO AND A HALF MONTHS
THE COST OF LIVING WAS THE CHEAPEST IN EUROPE
HE BEFRIENDED SCHOLARS LIKE
DR HANS MEYER – GERMAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
DR FRIEDRICH RATZEL – GERMAN HISTORIAN
HE ALSO TRANSLATED THE BOOK OF
SCHILLER ENTITLED “WILLIAM TELL”
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN “THE FAIRY TALES”
DRESDEN
DR. ADOLPH MEYER – DIRECTOR OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND
ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF DRESDEN
BERLIN
ABSENCE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
SCIENTIFIC ATMOSPHERE
FIVE OBJECTIVES OF RIZAL IN BERLIN
1. TO GAIN FURTHER KNOWLEDGE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
2. TO FURTHER HIS KNOWLEDGE IN SCIENCES AND LANGUAGES
3. TO OBSERVE THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN GERMANY
4. TO ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS
5. TO PUBLISH HIS NOLI ME TANGERE
DR. FEODOR JAGOR – SCIENTIST AND TRAVELER AND THE AUTHOR OF
“TRAVELS IN THE PHILIPPINES.”
DR. RUDOLPH VIRCHOW – GERMAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
DR. HANS VIRCHOW – PROFESSOR OF DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMY
DR. W. JOEST – GERMAN GEOGRAPHER
DR. KARL ERNEST SCWEIGGER – GERMAN OPHTHALMOLOGIST
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY