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. Returning to Cuba in 1899, he was at 

 first Vice- Director and later Director and 

 Surgeon of the hospital "La Benefica. " 

 In iqoo the University of Havana con- 

 ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of 

 Medicine and Surgery and appointed him 

 to a professorship in the faculty of Dissec- 

 tion. Later he became, by competition, 

 Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and in the 

 following year was promoted to the titular 

 professorship, which position he continues 

 to hold. 



In 1900 Dr. Varela was delegate to the 

 Third Pan-American Medical Congress and 

 Secretary of the section of General Sur- 

 gery. In 1903 he was appointed a member 

 of the National Board of Health. 



Aside from his profession, two of Dr. 

 Varela Zequeira's interests have been 

 poetry and anthropology. He has spe- 

 cialized in political verse and was one of the 

 founders of the Anthropological Society 

 of Cuba. 



He is also Vice-president of the ' ' Colegio 

 Medico de Cuba, " member of the Society 

 for Clinical Research of Havana, and cor- 



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