Arturo Lois
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Arturo Lois | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1926 – 15 May 1937 | |
| Constituency | 3rd Departamental Grouping |
| In office 15 May 1921 – 11 September 1924 | |
| Constituency | Tarapacá Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1879 |
| Died | 17 November 1963 (aged 83) |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | Laura Perales Ruiz |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
Arturo Hiparco Lois Fraga (22 December 1879 – 17 November 1963) was a Chilean physician and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served as a deputy for the Third Departamental Grouping (Chañaral, Copiapó and Huasco) during the 1933–1937 legislative period.[1]
Lois was born in Copiapó on 22 December 1879, the son of physician Juan Serapio Lois Cañas and Raquel Fraga Cumplido. He married Laura Perales Ruiz, with whom he had six children.[1]
He completed his secondary education at the Liceo of Copiapó and studied medicine at the University of Chile, graduating as a physician-surgeon in 1904 with a thesis titled Acromegalia Hipófisis. He specialized in internal medicine and urology. He served as an intern and assistant in the Surgical Clinic under Professor Ventura Carvallo and later worked as city and port physician in Taltal between 1905 and 1921, as well as in Copiapó.[1]
From 1921 onward, he worked at the Hospital San Juan de Dios in Santiago as a urologist and later became chief of clinic and head physician of the service under Professor Eduardo Ibarra. In 1939, he was appointed Director of Medical Services of the Social Security Service. He worked for more than three decades in public health and was commissioned by the government to combat outbreaks of bubonic plague and smallpox in Taltal.[1]