Theodor Langhans

Biography Born 28 September 1839 in Usingen, Germany Studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelburg; Gottingen, under Friedrich Henle (1809–1885); Berlin, under Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902); and Würzburg, under Friedrich von Recklinghausen (1833–1910). 1864 – Graduated medical studies from Würzburg, with…

Javier Arias Stella

Biography Born August 2, 1924 in Lima, Peru 1951 – Bachelors degree in medicine, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1959 – MD, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos 1961 – Co-founded the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 1963-1965 Minister of Public Health,…

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Biography Born 1 May 1852, Petilla de Aragón, Spain 1906 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Died 17 October 1934, Madrid, Spain Medical Eponyms Anatomical eponyms Major Publications Ramón y Cajal S. Manual de histología normal y técnica micrográfica.…