Santiago Ramón y Cajal, MD
Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1 1852 – October 17, 1934) was born in Petilla de Aragón, Spain. He spent most of his childhood causing trouble, leading to frequently changing schools and even an arrest at the age of 11. His greatest love was art and medicine, as his father would take him to […]
Bernardo Alberto Houssay, MD
Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971). Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Houssay was a physiologist who would go on to be the first Latin American Nobel Laureate for his work on understanding the pituitary gland and its connection to regulating glucose. As one of eight children of French immigrants, Bernardo […]