Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2146

SANTIAGO RAMóN Y CAJAL (1852-1934) Structure et connexions des neurones. In Les Prix Nobel en 1906. P. A. Norstedt 1908 27 pp., 11 plates, 7 illus. 24.7 cm.

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This paper by Ramón y Cajal appeared in Les Prix Nobel en 1906 with Golgi's La doctrine du neurone; théorie et faits (see No. 2058). 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. Although it was Golgi who developed the silver chromate method of staining neural tissue for microscopic study, his method was later improved upon and used by Ramón y Cajal in his research. In his lecture, Ramón y Cajal concentrated on presenting a basic summary of his work which showed 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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