Miguel Canela Lázaro (September 29, 1894 – December 1, 1977) was a Dominican conservationist and a

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Biography

He was born in

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, on September 29, 1894, the son of Pedro Canela (also born in

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) and Dolores Antonia Lázaro (a

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). He received

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(1917) and medicine doctorate (1924) degrees from the

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. He died in

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on December 1, 1977.

Legacy

The Rouvière and Canela ligament (shown in Fig. 15 of "Anatomy of the ankle ligaments: a pictorial essay" ) is named after him and his supervisor at the

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, Henri Rouvière, for their joint work.

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