Chapter 22:

Exile in
Dapitan,
1892-1896
 Exile in Dapitan, under the
missionary jurisdiction, for 4
years

o Practiced medicine
o Pursued scientific studies
o Continued his artistic and
literary works
o Widened his knowledge of
language
o Established a school for
boys
o Promoted community
development
projects
o Invented a wooden
machine for making bricks
o Engaged in farming and
commerce
 Beginning of Exile in Dapitan
Rizal could only live at
the Parish Convent in the
ff conditions:
• “That Rizal publically retract his errors
concerning religion and make statements
Father Pablo Pastells that were clearly pro-Spanish against
revolution.

• “That he perform the church rites

and
make a general confession of his past life.
• “That henceforth he conduct himself in an
exemplary manner as a Spanish Subject
and a man of religion”.
Father Antonio Obach
 Wins Lottery in Manila
Captain Carnicero
Lottery Ticket
Jose Rizal
No. 9763
Francisco Equilor

Php 200 – his friend Php 20,000

in Basa, Hongkong
Php 2,000 – to his Php 6,200
father
Php 4,000 – for his
investment
 Idyllic Life in Dapitan

• School for the young boys

• Eye Clinic
• Ladies for his family who were
free to visit him (mother,
sisters and nephews)
As Physician in Dapitan
- He gave free
medicine
- Rich patients who
paid him for his
surgical skill.
- He operated his
mother’s eye.
- “Now
I understand
very well why
a physician
should not treat
t he
members of his
family”
As Physician in Dapitan
 As Physician in Dapitan
- Luzon, Bohol, Cebu,
Panay,
Negros, and Mindanao
and even from Hong
Kong
- Don Ignacio Tumarong paid
him Php3,000.
- An Englishman paid him
Php500.
- Don Florencio
Azacarraga paid him a
cargo of sugar
Water System for Dapitan

- Mr. H.F Cameron praised

Rizal’s engineering feat
Community Projects for Dapitan
- Malaria is spread by
the mosquitoes
which thrive in
swampy places
- Php500 was used for
lighting system
- Beautification of
Dapitan
- “Rival the best in
Europe”
- Made a huge relief
map of Mindanao
Rizal as a Teacher
• He had 21 students
• Rizal taught his boys
reading, writing,
languages (Spanish and
English), geography,
history, mathematics
(arithmetic and
geometry), industrial
work, nature study,
morals and gymnastics.
Hymn to Talisay

• Rizal conducted
his school in a
Talisay.
• He wrote,
“Himno
a Talisay”
Contributions to Science
Linguistic Studies
Artistic Works in Dapitan
Rizal As Farmer
Rizal as Businessman
• In partnership with Ramon
Carreon, a Dapitan Merchant
• “Cooperative Association of
Dapitan Farmers” - to
improve the farm products,
obtain better outlets for them,
collect funds for their
purchases, and help the
producers and workers by
establishing a store wherein
they can buy prime
commodities at moderate
prices
Rizal’s Inventive Ability

- During his exile in

Dapitan, he invented
a wooden machine
for making bricks.
This machine could
manufacture about
6,00 bricks daily
 My Retreat

Doña Teodora
 Lovelife of Rizal in Dapitan

George Taufer
- Rizal and Josephine fell in love
with each other.
- Taufer adopted father of Josephine
- Rizal’s mother objected to their
relationship
Josephine Bracken - married themselves before the
eyes of God
• At one time, Rizal wrote a
poem for Josephine,
which runs as follows:
Josephine Josephine
Who to these shores have
come?
Looking for a nest, a home,
To Japan, China or Shanghai,
Don’t forget on these shores
A heart for you beats high
- Rizal was extremely happy
because Josephine was
expecting a baby.
- This lost son of Rizal was
named “Francisco” honor of
Don Francisco (he hero’s
father) and was buried in
Dapitan.
Rizal and the Katipunan
• (1) the people are
not ready for
revolution

• (2) arms and funds

must first be collected
before raising the cry
of revolution.
Dr. Pio Valenzuela
 Volunteers as Military
Doctor in Cuba

“and there the Minister

of War will assign you
to the Army of
Operations in Cuba,
detailed to the Medical
Crops”
Gen. Ramon Blanco
 Adios, Dapitan

“I have been in that district for four years,

thirteen days, and dew hours.”