A neuroanatomist associated with the historical Papez circuit.[ref]
Figure 1.
Portrait of James Papez
. National Library of Medicine, James Wenceslas Papez Papers, MS C 416 (collection credit; photographer unidentified). External portrait hosted by U.S. National Library of Medicine, Circulating Now. Source.
A neuroanatomist whose historical observations helped associate left frontal injury with impaired articulate speech. Their interpretation is reassessed by modern lesion imaging.[ref]
Figure 1.
Portrait of Paul Broca
. Pierre Petit; Wellcome Library. Public-domain photograph, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
His drawings of neurons made their branching structure visible with extraordinary clarity. The historical illustration under Purkinje cell shows how different neurons can occupy the same part of the cerebellum while having strikingly different shapes.
Figure 1.
Portrait of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1899
. Anonymous photograph published by Clark University in 1899; cropped and digitally restored by Garrondo. Public-domain source, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.

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