TY - JOUR
T1 - Santiago Ramón y cajal and harvey cushing
T2 - Two forefathers of neuroscience and neurosurgery
AU - Zamora-Berridi, Grettel J.
AU - Pendleton, Courtney
AU - Ruiz, Gabriel
AU - Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A.
AU - Quiones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflict of interest statement: Dr. Gabriel Ruiz has been supported by grant SEJ2006-14090-C02-01/PSIC from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Spanish Government . Courtney Pendleton is supported by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute , Ivy Foundation Student Research Training Grant .
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Objective: To summarize the extraordinary accomplishments, and the commonalities, between Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Harvey Williams Cushing. Methods: Existing literature describing the lives and achievements of Ramón y Cajal and Cushing, as well as personal communication, and the surgical records of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, from 1896 to 1912, were reviewed. Results: Both Ramón y Cajal and Cushing were men of unusually broad interests and talents, and these shared characteristics undoubtedly influenced the career paths and scientific investigations they pursued. Although Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Harvey Williams Cushing never directly interacted, the links between them can be traced through some of their disciples, including Pío del Río Hortega, Wilder Penfield, and Percival Bailey. Conclusions: Ramón y Cajal and Cushing are widely considered the forefathers of neuroscience and neurosurgery, respectively, and their discoveries have made lasting impressions on both the scientific and medical communities.
AB - Objective: To summarize the extraordinary accomplishments, and the commonalities, between Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Harvey Williams Cushing. Methods: Existing literature describing the lives and achievements of Ramón y Cajal and Cushing, as well as personal communication, and the surgical records of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, from 1896 to 1912, were reviewed. Results: Both Ramón y Cajal and Cushing were men of unusually broad interests and talents, and these shared characteristics undoubtedly influenced the career paths and scientific investigations they pursued. Although Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Harvey Williams Cushing never directly interacted, the links between them can be traced through some of their disciples, including Pío del Río Hortega, Wilder Penfield, and Percival Bailey. Conclusions: Ramón y Cajal and Cushing are widely considered the forefathers of neuroscience and neurosurgery, respectively, and their discoveries have made lasting impressions on both the scientific and medical communities.
KW - Cajal
KW - Cushing
KW - Neuroscience
KW - Neurosurgery
KW - Physician-scientist
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.04.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22152577
AN - SCOPUS:82955242541
SN - 1878-8750
VL - 76
SP - 466
EP - 476
JO - World neurosurgery
JF - World neurosurgery
IS - 5
ER -