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Rizal as a Polymath
• Rizal is considered as a polymath by professionals
and that means he knows and excels in a lot of
things. He enjoyed learning from different
fields,whether from arts or science. He never
limited his capacity to learn; he emphasized the
importance of education for the Filipinos. This
lesson aims to highlight. Rizal's education, as well
as other fields that he explored as a scholar.
Rizal's Talents and Skills
• Rizal as a Medical Doctor - as we all know, Rizal
studied and became an ophthalmologist with the
aim to cure his mother's failing eyesight. He was
trained by two renowned ophthalmologist, Dr. Louis
de Wecker and Otto Becker in which he later
worked for. He treated several patients afflicted not
only with eye diseases. He became and was
recognized as a tuberculosis expert for having
cured himself of this disease.