Santiago Ramon y Cajal

Santiago Ramon y Cajal discovered how the neurons work.

He was from Spain.

He was born in Petilla de Aragon (Navarra) on 1st. May 1852

He studied in Zaragoza

He lived in Valencia and in Barcelona.

He was a doctor but he worked as a researcher in different Universities in Spain.

He did important studies and discoveries about the nervous system.

He won a lot of important scientifics prizes.

He won the Nobel Prize of Medecin in 1906

He died on 17th. october 1934.

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