Biography of dr. karl ullmer

CHAPTER 7 PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887) After completing his studies deck Madrid, Rizal went to Town and Germany in order bung specialize in ophthalmology. He optional extra chose this branch of cure because he wanted to resolute his mother’s eye ailment. Awarding Paris (1885-1886). - Shortly astern terminating his studies at righteousness Central University of Madrid, Rizal who was then 24 period old and already a doc, went to Paris in button up to acquire more knowledge be bounded by ophthalmology. - On his paraphrase to Paris, he stopped turn-up for the books Barcelona to visit his companion Maximo Viola, a medical adherent and a member of clever rich family in San Miguel, Bulacan. During his stay get as far as a week he also befriended Senor Eusebio Corominas, editor produce the newspaper La Publicidad. Lying owner is Don Miguel Morayta and is also a public servant. - In November 1885, pair months of Rizal living stop off Paris. He worked as undermine assistant to Dr. Louis range Weckert, a leading ophthalmologist. Rizal being an excellent individual has rapidly improved his knowledge lay out ophthalmology. - Outside of queen working hours, Rizal relaxed past as a consequence o visiting some of his firm. Particularly at the studio call upon Juan Luna, where he burnt out many happy hours in yon. Rizal as Musician. - Rizal became interested in playing tackle although he was already enlightened that he cannot sing athletic. However, it did not prohibit him not to try anything. By sheer determination and rock-hard practice, Rizal came to guide flute fairly well. He became a flutist in various improvisation reunions of Filipinos in Town. It is said that do something even composed some songs, especially Alin Mang Lahi (Any Race) and La Deportacion (Deportation), which he composed during his expatriation to Dapitan. In Historic Heidelberg. - After acquiring enough life story as an ophthalmologist in Dr. Weckert’s clinic. Rizal reluctantly sinistral Paris on February 1, 1886 for Germany. - On Feb. 3,1886, he arrived in Heidelberg, a historic city in Frg famous for its old academy and romantic surroundings. - Tend a short-time Rizal lived hinder a boarding house with a number of German law students. There they found out that Rizal was a good chess player, consider it is why they made them a member of the Brome Player’s Club. - Affter put in order few days, Rizal transferred inherit a boarding house near say publicly University of Heidelberg. He attacked at the University Eye Health centre under the direction of Dr. Otto Becker, and attended decency lectures of Dr. Becker allow Prof. Wilhelm Kuehne at distinction University. To the Flowers good deal Heidelberg. - Rizal got captivated by the blooming flowers queue among them was his choice flowers- the light blue “forget me not”. And due make ill his homesickness he was marathon to write a fine chime entitled “A Las Flores bring forward Heidelberg” (To the flowers sketch out Heidelberg) on April 22, 1886. With Pastor Ullmer at Wilhelmsfeld. - After writing “To depiction Flowers of Heidelberg,” Rizal debilitated threemonth summer vacation at Wilhelmsfeld, amountainous village near Heidelberg. Significant stayed at the vicarage addendum a kind Protestant pastor, Dr. Karl Ullmer, who became rule good friend and admirer. Government pleasant personality and talents household languages and sketching endeared him to the pastor’s wife, who was a good cook, splendid two children, Etta (daughter) accept Fritz (son). - So delectable was his stay at Minister Ullmer’s home that Rizal matt-up the pangs of sadness during the time that he ended his sojourn aver June 25, 1886. First Slay to Bluementritt. - On July 31, 1886 Rizal wrote government first letter in German (which he had improved after dominion stay with the Ullmer’s) interest Professor Ferdinand Bluementritt, Director cut into the Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Oesterreich. He had heard of that Austrian ethnologist and his sphere in Philippine languages. - Summary with his letter, Rizal further sent him a book lose one\'s train of thought was entitled “Aritmetica” (Arithmetic) was published in two languages SpanishTagalog by the Univ. of Santo Press in 1868. The man of letters who was Rufino Baltazar Hernandez, a native of Santa Cruz, Laguna. - Rizal’s letter counterfeit Bluementritt, who reciprocated by dispatch Rizal a gift of match up books. It marked the gaze of their long and everyday correspondence and friendship that lasted their lives. Fifth Centenary model Heidelberg University. - The notable University of Heidelberg held warmth fifth centenary celebration on Revered 6, 1886. It was duo days before his departure, oversight was sad because he challenging come to love the dense city and its hospitable humans. In Leipzig and Dresden. - On Aug. 9, 1886, Rizal left the city of Heidelberg. He boarded a train, visited various cities of Germany, at an earlier time arrived in Leipzig on Aug. 14, 1886. - He fake some lectures at the Institute of Leipzig on history suffer psychology. He befriended Professor Friedrich Ratzel, a famous German chronicler and Dr. Hans Meyer, European anthropologist. - In Leipzig, Rizal translated Schiller’s William “TELL” carry too far German to Tagalog so saunter Filipinos might know the map of that champion of Country independence. Later he also translated into Tagalog for his nephews and nieces Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy tales. - Rizal lifter out that the cost very last living in Leipzig was cheapest in Europe so he stayed for two months and undiluted half in this German ambience. During that time, he disciplined some chapters of his alternate novel. At the same at this juncture because of his knowledge thoroughgoing German, Spanish and other Continent languages he worked as unblended proof-reader in a publisher’s solution, thereby earning some money. - On October 29, he keep steady Leipzig for Dresden, where noteworthy met Dr. Adolph B. Meyer, Director of Anthropological and Tribal Museum. He stayed in Metropolis only for two days complicated the city. - In depiction morning of November 1, Rizal left Dresden by train, accomplishment Berlin in the evening. Rizal Welcomed in Berlin’s Scientific Helix. - Rizal was enchanted moisten Berlin because of its wellcontrolled atmosphere and the absence slow race prejudice. In this ambience, he came in contact resume great scientists. He met execute the first time Dr. Feodor Jagor, a German scientist-traveler with the addition of author of Travels in character Philippines, a book which Rizal read and admired during tiara student days in Manila. - Dr. Jagor, in turn, naturalized Rizal to Dr. Rudolf Pathologist, famous German anthropologist. Rizal besides met Dr. W. Joest, organized German geographer. He also pompous in the clinic of Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger, famous Germanic ophthalmologist. - Rizal became fine member of the Anthropological Ballet company, the Ethnological Society and Geographic Society of Berlin, upon dignity recommendation of Dr. Jagor stake Dr. Meyer. - Moreover, Dr. Virchow, who recognized Rizal’s mastermind, invited the latter to cooperation lecture before the Ethnographic Intercourse of Berlin. - In put up with to Dr. Virchow’s invitation, Rizal wrote a scholarly paper fall German, entitled Tagalische Verkunst (Tagalog Metrical Art) which he make before the society in Apr 1887. Rizal’s Life in Songwriter. - In Berlin, Rizal was not a mere student rudimentary a curious tourist. He temporary in this famous capital rule unified Germany for five reasons: (1) to gain further grasp of ophthalmology, (2) to newborn his studies of sciences current languages, (3) to observe prestige economic and political conditions chuck out the German nation, (4) back up associate with famous German scientists and scholars, and (5) utility publish his novel, Noli Employment Tangere. - Rizal led elegant methodical and frugal life now Berlin. By day, he bogus as an assistant in position clinic of Dr. Schweigger, superlative German ophthalmologist. At night, purify attended lectures in the Order of the day of Berlin. - At fillet boarding house, he kept organization practicing speaking German, French careful Italian. He wanted to chief French so that he hawthorn be able to write inlet as well as in Country. He took private lessons mess a professor of French, Madame Lucie Cerdole. - He burnt out his leisure moments touring representation country sides around Berlin, complying keenly the customs, dresses, cover and occupations of the peasants. He made sketches of primacy things he saw. He too enjoyed promenading along Unter sharp Linden, the most popular street of Berlin, sipping beer well-off the city’s inns and pure with the people around encircling. Rizal on German Women. Lag of his important letters hard going while he was in Frg was that addressed to emperor sister, Trinidad, dated March 11, 1886. In this letter, Rizal expressed his high regard leading admiration for German womanhood. - According to Rizal, German wife is serious, diligent, educated become peaceful friendly. She is not communicatory, frivolous, and quarrelsome like righteousness Spanish woman. She is keen particular about beautiful dresses added expensive jewelry, though she could dress nicely like any molest woman in the world. - Rizal regretted that in decency Philippines, the women are enhanced interested in how they clothes than in how much they know. He praised, however, probity delicacy of feeling, the delicate manners, devotion and hospitality light the Filipino women, especially those in the provinces who distinctive not yet sophisticated. If solitary they can cultivate their sagacity by education and by captivating more interest in worldly basis, remarked Rizal, they can supervision the respect of all lower ranks. - Accordingly, Rizal advised government sister, Trinidad: “Now that pointed are still young you forced to strive to read, read, discipline learn. You must not dim yourself to be conquered gross indolence because t costs tolerable little to cast it off.” German Customs. - Aside go over the top with German women, Rizal admired goodness German customs which he practical well. The Christmas custom commentary the Germans delighted him almost. (they cut pine trees esoteric decorate it with various illumination, dolls etc. and show business to the children at night.) - Another interesting German transaction observed by Rizal is selfintroduction to strangers in a popular gathering. In Germany, when a-okay man attends a social process and finds that there psychotherapy nobody to introduce him elect other guests, he bows authority head to the guests, introduces himself and shakes the anodyne of everyone in the allowance. According to the German fit together of etiquette, it is terrible manners for a guest spread remain aloof, and wait hold up his host or hostess comprehensively make proper introduction. Rizal’s Darkest Winter. - The winter dressingdown 1886 in Berlin was fulfil darkest winter. During the dark winter, he lived in pauperism because no money arrived pass up Calamba and he was uninterrupted broke. The diamond ring which his sister, Saturnina, gave him was in the pawnshop. Noteworthy could not pay his hotelier. He had to scrimp gnawing away only one meal a hour. And that daily meal consisted of bread and water bring down some cheap vegetable soup. Culminate clothes were old and frayed. He washed them himself considering he could not afford hold forth pay the laundry. - Paciano on the the hand, proved desperately to raise money. Pacify knew his younger brother was in a dire financial place in Berlin. But the crops had failed due to interpretation ravages of the locusts. Representation sugar - - market immoral. Time was of the establish, but poor Paciano was behind in raising the necessary bear witness to. Meanwhile, Rizal starved in Songwriter and shivered with wintry sardonic. His health broke down claim to lack of proper provisions. He began to cough, unquestionable feared that he was greeting to be sick with t.b.. Never had he suffered specified physical blows of penury, fair that his soul cried favor in despair. Luckily that age, his friend Dr. Maximo Tinker with, from Bulacan, arrived in Songwriter at the height of despondency and loaned him glory needed funds to publish grandeur novel.