title: Who was Cajal?
abstract: After a brief introduction, a series of Cajal's own thoughts and recollections of his difficult childhood and adolescence are literally transcribed. They clearly represent the astonishing achievements of an equally astonishing child who was born in a tiny village of the Pyrenees mountains. Even today, visitors find it very difficult to understand how it was possible for a child to free himself from a medieval atmosphere and climb to the highest scientific level: to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portera-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D009613:Nobel Prize; D013030:Spain