Rizal

as Scientist
What is Scientists?
- A person who is researching or has expert-level
knowledge in a field of science.

And what is Science?

- The application of systematic processes like
observation and experimentation to study of what
things are made of and how they behave.
Characteristic of Scientist
1. Passionate learners about science and nature.
2. Self-motivated solution seekers.
3. Good Communicators.
4. Curious about nature.
5. Creative Problem solvers who think out of the box.
6. Risk takers who willing to fail publicly.
7. Persistent & Resilient bounce back from failure.
8. Focused- stick to-it-tive ness.
9. Open minded & honest about data and result.
10. Analytical, logical, systematic and methodical.
Rizal as Scientist
Sketching animals and observing life as it happened in the nature habitats of Mount
Makiling and Laguna Lake when he was a child, Jose Rizal started on a path that led to his
multi-faceted adult life that was spent on scientific pursuits in medicine, biology, and
human evolution.
The young Jose, also wondered if the Rizal also showed interest in the people around the
area.

Austin Craig
(February 22, 1872 February 11, 1949)

American historian born in Eddyton, New

York. Being one of the first biographers of
the Philippine national hero.
A street was named after him
in Sampaloc, Manila.
Rizal as Scientist
Rizal tried hashish as an experiment" in 1879.
I did it for experimental Hashish
a hallucinogenic drug created from the
purposes and I obtained resin of cannabis plants.

the substance from a

drugstore,"
Rizal wrote a letter to
scientist Adolf Bernard
Meyer (A.B. Mayer in
Rizals letters) dated
1890.
Rizal as Scientist
Rizals scientific aptitudes were set free when he was deported to Dapitan.
The exile let himself loose in the wilderness there. He went on to sketch, describe and
collect samples of the creatures he found in the area.
Rizal identified shells in Mindanao without having a Concho logical library or museum at
hand. The feat, noted a member of the Association of Philippine Shell Collectors in 1960, is
the hardest part in shell collecting.

Pinctada Maxima Shells.

A species of pearl oyster,

a marine bivalve mollusk in the
family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters.
There are two different color varieties: the
White-lipped oyster and the Gold-lipped
oyster.
Rizals Discoveries
While in Dapitan, Rizal collected specimens which he sent to A. B. Meyer of
the Dresden Museum in Germany. From these, three new species were
named after him.

Adolf Bernhard Meyer

(11 October 1840, Hamburg 22 August

1911, Dresden)
A German anthropologist, ornithologist, e
ntomologist, and herpetologist.
Rizals Discoveries
Rhacophorus rizali
This species is
kind of a rare frog.
It is an inhabitant
of primary and
secondary
rainforest.
Rizals Discoveries
Draco rizali
One of the famous
discovered animal of Rizal.
This is a small lizard with
famous kind of flying
dragon.
This lizard only see in
tropical island like
southeast Asia which
Philippines is a part of
southeast.
Rizals Discoveries
Apogonia rizali
This species is
kind of beetles.
This beetles also
kind of peculiar
beetle found
also in the
Philippines
Rizals Discoveries
Other species
Spathomeles rizali
Fungus beetle.
Cyrestis Maenalis Rizali
butterfly.
Dolochopeza Rizalensis
mosquito.
Leptocorisa Acuta
paddy bug.
Hydropsyche Rizali- moth
Cervus deer
Glenochrysa Rizali kind
of dragonfly.
Rizals Discoveries
If a particular creature stumped him, he would send the data he collected to better-
equipped friends in Europe. In exchange, Rizal would ask for books and scientific
instruments.
He wrote in an 1894 letter to A.B. Meyer, I leave to you to estimate their value. If they
seem to you worth anything, send me books for them; and if not, we remain friends as
ever. I should like to have a treatise on Mathematics in French. I beg you to let me know
always if the remittances arrive there in good condition.
In a later exchange written in both French and German, Rizal acquired the following from
A.B. Meyer:2 volumes (French) Mathematics

1 volume Natural History Collector

1 volume German Vocabulary

1 volume Preparation and stuffing (of birds)

1 volume Malay Grammar

1 volume Kurschner's Lexicon

I beg you to kindly tell me the price of these books so I'll know how much I'm already
indebted to you," Rizal said.
Rizals Invention

There are two known inventions made

by rizal:

1. Sulpakan or Sulpukan
2. Wooden Brick Machine
Rizals Invention
Sulpakan/Sulpukan

Sulpakan is a
cigarette lighter that
used air mechanism.
In 1887, Rizal gave this
invention to his friend
Dr. Ferdinand
Bluementritt as a gift.
Rizals Invention
Wooden Brick Machine

This invention of Rizal is capable of making

6,000 bricks per day.
Rizal was the first to build this machine in the
Philippines.
a project anticipating perhaps what was to be
the first National Housing Authoritys objective.
With such a production output the machine
must been a sophisticated one, Said by
Mendoza on a newspaper article.
Rizals Contribution
After five years in Europe, he went home to
the Philippines in 1887. He operated on his
mothers eyes to remove her cataracts; the
surgery was successful and was the first of its
kind ever done in the Philippines. His fame as
an eye doctor spread quickly and people
began coming to him for treatment from all
over the Philippines and even from as far
away as China. He opened a clinic, sent away
for equipment, charged moderate fees and
treated the poor free.
Rizals Contribution
House built by Rizal
In Talisay, he built three distinct bamboo
and nipa houses. square, hexagon, and
octagonal shapes, which served as family
residence, chicken coop, and his pupils
dormitory, respectively.
In a letter to Ferdinand Bluementritt, Rizal
described his typical day in new home:
I am going to tell you how we live here. I
have a square house, another hexagonal,
and another octagonal ----- all made of
bamboo, wood and nipa. In the square one
my mother, my sister Trinidad, a nephew, and
I live. In the octagonal my boys live ---
some boys whom I teach arithmetic, Spanish,
and English ----- and now then a patient who
has been operated on. In the hexagonal
are my chickens.
Rizals Contribution
Water System Made by
Rizal
Rizal held the title of expert
surveyor (perito agrimensor),
which he obtained from the
Ateneo.
In Dapitan, he applied his
knowledge of engineering by
constructing a system of
waterworks in order to
furnish clean water to the
townspeople.
Rizals Contribution
Relief Map
Through the help of his Jesuit
teacher, Fr. Francisco de Paula
Sanchez, Rizal set up a public
plaza and street lightning, and
constructed a huge relief map
of Mindanao in front of parish
church.
It is now declared National
Historical Landmark by the
NHI and an important cultural
property by the National
Museum.
Rizals Contribution
He obtained from Kalamba an improved type of fishing net that
helped the Dapitan fishermen improve their catch.

He imported farm machinery from the US for himself and local

farmers.

He subscribed to the magazine Scientific American and ordered

medicines and pharmaceuticals from the US.

He collaborated with foremost scientists from Europe at that

time. With his students, he collected specimens of plants,
animals and ethnographic materials from Mindanao and sent
them to his colleagues in Europe.
Rizals Contribution
.

Rizal shared with us his philosophy and thinking about

education and science. Within the limits of the
circumstances in Dapitan, Rizal gave his students the
key elements of his educational goals: academic
knowledge, industrial training, ethical instruction, and
physical development. He believed that moral values
were as important as knowledge itself; indeed, they
were the only assurance that knowledge will be used to
help and enlighten, rather than oppress men.