Nicolás Achúcarro Lundesbozo biográfico del primer neurocientífico vasco
- 1 Servicio Vasco de Salud-Osakidetza, Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Euskadi, España/ Psiquiatra. Sección de Historia de las Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud. Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao
ISSN: 0304-4858, 2173-2302
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 117
Issue: 4
Pages: 263-273
Type: Article
More publications in: Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios
Abstract
We wrote a brief biography of Nicolás Achúcarro Lund. Achúcarro was a medical doctor born in Bilbao. Many consider him the first Basque neuroscientist or, at least, the first neuroscientist of said region to have had an extensive international projection. In this paper we look into different aspects and chapters of his life: his family, his first studies, his medical degree, the neuropsychiatric specialization, his American stage, his professional return to Spain, his illness and death, and his posthumous recognitions.