CELEBRITIES IN ARAGON

 WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRITIES IN ARAGON, I MEAN PEOPLE WHO WERE A TURINING POINT FOR SOCIETY. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (By Monica Arnal)

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a recognised doctor at the end of the 19th century
and beginning of the 20th century.

He was born in Petilla de Aragón, a small village in Navarra, however surrounded
by villages in Aragon. Due to his father’s job, a doctor too, Santiago lived in

different places:Luna, Valpalmas and Ayerbe. Thanks to his father's profession,

Santiago visited the local cemetery to recover corpses and from there, his first focus

in medicine. Despite this interest, since he was a child, he was excellent in arts.

Finally, he decided to study A Degree in Medicine in Zaragoza.

When he finished his studies, he went to Cuba as a doctor during the Ten years War.

Upon return, he started a PhD and his scientific vocation . Unfortunately, in these years,

Santiago contracted tuberculosis. Shortly afterwards, he

got married with Silveria, his partner for more than fifty years.

Moreover, in the research field , his work has led to the discoveries related

to neuroscience. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Summing up, Santiago Ramón y Cajal is one of the most important Spanish

scientists and,currently, his legacy is relevant to medicine.