Spain's Journey in Medicine

MUSLIM-JEWISH MEDICINE IN AL-ANDALUS: ABULCASIS AND MAIMONIDES.- MIGUEL SERVET (MICHAEL SERVETUS): Between heresy and science. Discovery of the minor circulation.- DIONISIO DAZA CHACON. The most relevant Spanish surgeon of the Renaissance, in the Spanish Empire.- QUININE: Discovery and diffusion of quinine throughout the world for the treatment of malaria.- ANTONIO DE GIMBERNAT: The first school of Surgery in Spain and his contributions to inguinal anatomy.- THE ROYAL PHILANTROPIC VACCINE EXPEDITION, THE BALMIS EXPEDITION (1804-1812). The smallpox vaccine that circled the globe.- MANUEL GARCIA: The inventor of the laryngoscope and pioneer of voice physiology.- JOSÉ GOYANES CAPDEVILA: Performed the first vascular bypass in history on 12 June 1906, published in “El Siglo Médico”.- FIDEL PAGÉS MIRAVÉ: Discovery of Epidural Anaesthesia (metameric anesthesia). War surgery in the RIF (Morocco).- SANTIAGO RAMÓN Y CAJAL: Cajal and the Spanish Neurological School.- JOAQUÍN ALBARRÁN Y DOMÍNGUEZ: Universal figure in Urology.- PÍO DEL RÍO HORTEGA: Discoverer of the Neuroglia and the Tumor´s classification of Central Nervous System.- FERNANDO DE CASTRO: Disciple of Cajal, key figure in the Spanish Neurological School and his transcendent discovery of the arterial chemoreceptors at the carotid body.- JOSEP TRUETA I RASPALL: Surgeon, researcher and committed citizen.- CARLOS JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ: Basic Sciences are fundamental for Clinic Medicine.- SEVERO OCHOA Y ALBORNOZ: Discovering enzymes and the genetic code and founding the Spanish Society of Biochemistry.- DON CARLOS AND DON SEVERO: Double partners for the success of Spanish biomedical science.- FRANCESC DURAN REYNALS: Beyond the viral theory of cancer.- FRANCISCO ORTS LLORCA: The Anatomy and development of experimental embryology.- THE ABC OF SPANISH OPHTHALMOLOGY: ARRUGA, BARRAQUER AND CASTROVIEJO.- FRANCISCO GRANDE COVIÁN: Physiology of nutrition.- THE GIL VERNET SAGA IN UROLOGY.- SARA BORRELL RUIZ: Steroid Hormones.- JOAN ORÓ: The origin of Life.- CARMEN GIL FERNÁNDEZ: Virology in Spain.- THE NATIONAL TRANSPLANT ORGANIZATION: A model for the world.- CONVERSATIONS WITH MARIANO BARBACID: A life of fighting cancer.- IN SEARCH OF THE SECRET OF SUDDEN DEATH: THE BRUGADA SYNDROME.- NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY: The race to discover hypothalamic hormones.- MARGARITA SALAS: The polymerase and DNA replication.- VALENTÍN FUSTER: A life with purpose.- LUIS ROJAS MARCOS: The restless psychiatrist.- GABRIELLA MORREALE: Iodine and thyroid hormones in brain development.- MAGDALENA UGARTE: Inherited Metabolic Diseases.- FRANCISCO MARTINEZ MOJICA: Francis Mojica, discoverer of the CRISPR systems in prokaryotes.- ANTONIO GARCIA-BELLIDO: The genetic basis of development and morphogenesis.- MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS) IN SPAIN AND ITS DIFFUSION TO THE WORLD.- RAFAEL YUSTE ROJAS: Discovering our brain. The “BRAIN” project and the neurorights.- JUAN C. IZPISÚA BELMONTE: The scientist who studies cellular aging in order to rejuvenate it.- JOSEP BASELGA: The doctor who wished to change the world of oncology.- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPANISH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: Primary Care and its Community Dimension within the NHS.- FROM RODÉS TO LLOVET. The road to excellence in hepatology.

• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.2026
• Autor/Autorin: Miguel A. Cuesta
• Reihe: Medicine (R0)
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