title: Cajal on solar eclipse.
abstract: An impression that sculpted a lasting memory on the mind of the great neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an 8-year-old boy at the time, was the total solar eclipse of 18 July 1860. This short article provides a translation of the relevant passage, found in a 1933 Buenos Aires schoolbook, and places the celestial event at the crossroads of neuroscience, astronomy and literature.
authors.affiliation: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Lazaros C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Triarhou
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Cerro
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001256:Astronomy / Q000266:history; D002648:Child; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D016082:Solar System