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LUIS MONTANE 



Physician; man of science. 



Luis Montane was born in Havana on 

 the seventh of April, 1849, and educated 

 in France. He received in Paris in 1874 

 the degree of Doctor of Medicine, his thesis 

 upon Estudio anatomico del Craneo dc 

 I os Microcefalos being awarded a prize. 

 Throughout his undergraduate years he 

 devoted special attention to anthropology, 

 coming under the tutelage of the eminent 

 scholars Broca, Hamy, and de Quatre- 

 fages. At this time he was chosen as a 

 titular member of La Sociedad de Anlro- 

 pologia of Paris. 



Upon the completion of his medical 

 education Dr. Montane returned to Ha- 

 vana where he has won distinction in his 

 profession and has held very close his 

 connection with anthropological research. 



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