Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2058

CAMILLO GOLGI (1843-1926) La doctrine du neurone; théorie et faits. In Les Prix Nobel en 1906. P. A. Norstedt 1908 31 pp., 19 illus. 24.7 cm.

This paper by Golgi appeared in Les Prix Nobel en 1906 with Ramón y Cajal's Structure et connexions des neurones (see No. 2146). The two contributions in this work were delivered at the 1906 Nobel prize conference in Stockholm at which the two shared the prize in physiology and medicine. At that time there was a great deal of debate concerning the doctrine of the neuron and its function and purpose. Although Golgi recognized that the nervous system is highly integrated and acts as a totality, he demonstrated the individuality of nerve cells and supported the theory that they broke up into diffuse networks. In this lecture he criticized the neuronal theories of Ramón y Cajal. However, it was the latter who ultimately proved that the neuron is a definite histological structure containing a cell body, axons, and dendrites. The other prize winners along with their portraits, biographies, and summaries of their work are also included in the volume.

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