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Santiago Cajal Doctor of Medicine, Ph.D.

Santiago Cajal Doctor of Medicine, Ph.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906

Co-nobelist: Camillo Golgi

Physician, Anatomist, Pathologist, Artist. Discovered nervous system structure. Stained nerve cells with silver nitrate. Proved nerve cell’s independence that impulse travels from one cell to another by synapse. He used to be a barber’s and a shoemaker’s apprentice.

“Oh comforting solitude, how favorable thou art to original thought!
“Outstanding work results from immense zeal applied to great idea.” – Santiago Cajal

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Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy

Santiago Ramon y Cajal stated in his will that a Foundation is to be established to honor his professors and for an award for the best Anatomy student. The Santiago Ramon y Cajal Foundation in the School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain, is a non-profit scientific institution established on November 13, 1935 after Cajal’s death.