Santo Ramon y Cajal is a scientist who contributed to the understanding of the human body.

He studied cells using microscopes and also discovered various infectious diseases.

His discoveries have been applied to many fields, including medicine.

His discoveries have been applied to many fields, including medicine.

His scientific achievements have earned him numerous honors.

He was a member of the Royal Academy of Exact Sciences in Madrid and the Spanish Society of Natural History.

In 1906, he shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Camillo Golgi.

He was also elected a foreign member of the Royal Society in London in 1909.

He also received honorary doctorates in medicine and philosophy from the Royal Society in England and the Netherlands.

Ramon y Cajal earned a medical degree from the University of Zaragoza in 1873.

His first publications focused on inflammation and muscle anatomy.

He later went on to become a histologist, a physician and a professor at the University of Zaragoza.

In 1902, Sanchez became a scientist at the new Biological Research Laboratory. He and Cajal remained close friends.