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Hola querido hiver.
Me estreno en la nueva Comunidad Hive Espa帽a 馃嚜馃嚫 con una publicaci贸n que no trata de monumentos ni paisajes. Hoy me apetec铆a mucho recordar mi reciente visita al Espacio Cajal, la exposici贸n permanente que rinde homenaje a uno de los personajes espa帽oles m谩s fascinantes, al menos para m铆. Se trata de Santiago Ram贸n y Cajal, el considerado como padre de la neurociencia actual y cuya labor fue reconocida con el Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1906.
Este espacio se inaugur贸 hace un a帽o y medio, aunque confieso que me enter茅 hace poco de que ya estaba a disposici贸n del p煤blico. Llevaba tantos a帽os escuchando sobre el proyecto pero viendo que no se materializaba que hab铆a perdido el inter茅s por seguirle la pista. Por fortuna ahora es una realidad y, al tratarse de un espacio permanente, no hay prisa por temor a perderse la visita, que por cierto es gratuita.
Fotograf铆a realizada por Cajal, donde aparecen su madre, sus tres hermanos y 茅l mismo
Te habl茅 de este espacio cuando te ense帽茅 el edificio donde se localiza, el Paraninfo de la Universidad de Zaragoza. 驴Por qu茅 se ha instalado aqu铆 el Espacio Cajal? Porque justamente en este edificio Cajal realiz贸 sus estudios de Medicina y fue en Zaragoza donde inici贸 su camino profesional.
Mediante una serie de paneles que contienen fotograf铆as, objetos o dibujos, se puede conocer la vida y la importante obra de este hombre que represent贸 al hombre del Renacimiento a caballo entre los siglos XIX y XX. Santiago Ram贸n y Cajal no fue solo un m茅dico. Tampoco fue solo uno de los mejores cient铆ficos de su tiempo. Ten铆a pasi贸n por el dibujo y la pintura, por la fotograf铆a, por 隆el boxeo!, la escritura, la pol铆tica contempor谩nea... y lo incre铆ble es que 隆todo lo hac铆a bien!
Cajal desarroll贸 temprano su afici贸n al dibujo. Gracias a esto podemos ver c贸mo ve铆a el mundo. En cuanto pudo permitirse un equipo fotogr谩fico pas贸 a plasmar cada lugar y persona que marc贸 su vida probando todas las t茅cnicas disponibles en el momento. Incluso se atrevi贸 a publicar su propio manual de fotograf铆a.
De su etapa estudiantil se pueden ver documentos relacionados con su paso por la Universidad de Zaragoza, as铆 como la fotograf铆a de la orla de graduaci贸n. Cuando se licenci贸 se march贸 a Cuba, que entonces estaba en guerra con Espa帽a luchando por su independencia. Cajal trabaj贸 all铆 como m茅dico militar. Qued贸 admirado de aquellas tierras y le doli贸 en el alma tener que regresar, pero se puso enfermo y opt贸 por proteger su vida y retomar su carrera profesional, esta vez en su vertiente civil.
Una vez de regreso en Espa帽a se dedic贸 con pasi贸n al estudio del sistema nervioso al tiempo que progresaba en su carrera acad茅mica. En el Espacio Cajal podemos ver algunas de las herramientas que utilizaba para preparar las muestras que despu茅s estudiaba al microscopio. Gracias a estas observaciones descubri贸 que las neuronas no eran c茅lulas independientes sino que se conectaban unas con otras. Esto fue una revoluci贸n de lo que se conoc铆a hasta entonces y por eso recibi贸 el Premio Nobel.
El Nobel le dio tal reconocimiento y fama que despu茅s se sucedieron muchos m谩s. Tenemos la suerte de poder saber exactamente lo que Cajal pensaba de todo gracias a su afici贸n por la escritura. Te recomiendo especialmente la lectura de su libro Recuerdos de mi vida, donde se explaya con sus memorias. Puedes hacerte una idea de lo que all铆 encontrar谩s visitando la rese帽a que escrib铆 cuando lo le铆.
Cuando Cajal tuvo que retirarse de la vida laboral su legado permaneci贸 vivo en sus alumnos. Dej贸 tantos buenos aprendices que se habla de la Escuela Cajal como el grupo de aquellos que aprendieron su forma de trabajar y que amplificaron m谩s tarde el efecto de su dedicaci贸n con m谩s avances en la biomedicina.
Uno de los 煤ltimos homenajes que recibi贸 fue la estatua que ahora preside la escalinata imperial del Edificio Paraninfo, momento que por supuesto fue inmortalizado en fotograf铆a cuando posaba para el modelo en arcilla. Esto habla de c贸mo se le valor贸 en vida, algo que me gusta destacar porque en Espa帽a tendemos a reconocer la val铆a cuando ya es tarde. Me alegro mucho de que Cajal lo pudo disfrutar, incluso aunque a veces le pesara por su car谩cter m谩s bien retra铆do.
Por 煤ltimo encontramos una serie de l谩minas y dibujos creados por su mano. Su capacidad de reproducir en papel lo que ve铆a al microscopio no ten铆a nada que envidiar a muchos pintores famosos.
S茅 que no soy objetiva al hablar de la vida de este hombre. Junto con Leonardo Da Vinci es el personaje hist贸rico con el que me gustar铆a mantener una buena conversaci贸n. Me conformar铆a incluso con ver tras un agujero en la pared c贸mo trabajaban. Este tipo de exposiciones son lo m谩s parecido a esto 煤ltimo, espero que te haya gustado este peque帽o recorrido tanto como a m铆.
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Hi, dear hiver.
I premiere in the new Hive Spain Community 馃嚜馃嚫 with a publication that is not about monuments or landscapes. Today I really wanted to remember my recent visit to Cajal Space, the permanent exhibition that pays tribute to one of the most fascinating Spanish characters, at least for me. This is Santiago Ram贸n y Cajal, considered the father of current neuroscience and whose work was recognised with the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906.
This space was inaugurated a year and a half ago, although I confess that I recently found out that it was already available to the public. I had been listening about the project for so many years but seeing that it did not materialise that I had lost interest in following it. Fortunately, it is now a reality and, as it is a permanent space, there is no hurry for fear of missing the visit, which by the way is free.
Photograph taken by Cajal, where his mother, his three brothers and himself appear
I told you about this space when I showed you the building where it is located, the Paraninfo of the University of Zaragoza. Why has Cajal Space been installed here? Because precisely in this building Cajal carried out his medical studies and it was in Zaragoza where he began his professional path.
Through a series of panels containing photographs, objects or drawings, you can learn about the life and important work of this man who represented the man of the Renaissance at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Santiago Ram贸n y Cajal was not just a doctor. Nor was he just one of the best scientists of his time. He had a passion for drawing and painting, for photography, for boxing!, writing, contemporary politics... and the incredible thing is that he did everything well!
Cajal developed his passion for drawing early on. Thanks to this we can see how the world saw. As soon as he could afford a photographic team, he began to capture each place and person who marked his life by trying all the techniques available at the time. He even dared to publish his own photography manual.
From his student period you can see documents related to his time at the University of Zaragoza, as well as the photograph of the graduation edge. When he graduated he left for Cuba, which was then at war with Spain fighting for its independence. Cajal worked there as a military doctor. He was amazed by those lands and it hurt his soul to have to return, but he got sick and chose to protect his life and resume his professional career, this time in his civilian aspect.
Once back in Spain, he devoted himself passionately to the study of the nervous system while progressing in his academic career. In the Cajal Space we can see some of the tools he used to prepare the samples that he later studied under the microscope. Thanks to these observations, he discovered that neurons were not independent cells but connected to each other. This was a revolution of what was known until then and for that he received the Nobel Prize.
The Nobel Prize gave him such recognition and fame that many more followed ones later. We are lucky to be able to know exactly what Cajal thought of everything thanks to his fondness for writing. I especially recommend reading his book Remembers of my life, where he elaborates with his memories. You can get an idea of what you will find there by visiting the review I wrote when I read it.
When Cajal had to retire from working life, his legacy remained alive in his students. He left so many good apprentices that there is talk of the Escuela Cajal as the group of those who learned their way of working and who later amplified the effect of their dedication with more advances in biomedicine.
One of the last tributes he received was the statue that now presides over the imperial staircase of the Paraninfo Building, a moment that of course was immortalised in photography when he posed for the model in clay. This talks about how he was valued in life, something I like to highlight because in Spain we tend to recognise the value when it is too late. I am very happy that Cajal was able to enjoy it, even if sometimes it weighed him down for his rather withdrawn character.
Finally we find a series of sheets and drawings created by his hand. His ability to reproduce on paper what he saw under the microscope had nothing to envy to many famous painters.
I know I'm not objective when talking about this man's life. Together with Leonardo Da Vinci, he is the historical character with whom I would like to have a good conversation. I would even be satisfied with seeing behind a hole in the wall how they worked. These types of exhibitions are the closest thing to the latter, I hope you enjoyed this little tour as much as I did.
Until the next post. In the meantime, take care!
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