Background
POU ORFILA, Juan was born in 1877 in Colonia. Son of Juan Pou Cardoner and Jacinta Orfila.
POU ORFILA, Juan was born in 1877 in Colonia. Son of Juan Pou Cardoner and Jacinta Orfila.
Head of the Laboratory of Histology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montevideo, 1907-1912. Assistant in the Gynecological Clinic, 1908-1916. Head of the Gynecology Service in the Spanish Hospital of Montevideo, 1911-1927.
Professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the University of Montevideo, 1911-1915.
Professor of clinical obstetrics, idem (the same), 1915- 1927. Professor of clinical gynecology, idem (the same), since 1927.
Member of the Executive Council of National Public Welfare, 1926- 1928. Member oí the Council of the Faculty of Medicine, 1924-1927, and acting dean of the faculty, 1927.
Sociedad de Ginecología de la Argentina. Society of Gynecology of Brazil. Sociedad Ginecológica Española.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. American College of Surgeons.
Married Natalia de Santiago. Children: Alejandro and Ricardo.