title: [Santiago Ramon y Cajal--his life and his work].
abstract: This article is done on the occasion of anniversary of 150th birth of Spanish histolog Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852.-1934.) whom belongs position of founder neuroanatomy regarding that he gave wide descriptions cells organisation of central and peripheral nervous system for many animal species. Astonishing are his descriptions of different types of neurons, their links, and following glial cells, that are actual today. Special contribution of Cajal refers is to acts from domain of histological technique and micrography, and general pathology. He published more than 100 of scientific articles and a few books, that are classic works. In 1906 Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi shared Nobel prize for medicine.
authors.affiliation: Institut za histologiju i embriologiju, Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
authors.forename: Zakira
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mornjaković
authors.forename: Alen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kekić
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain