OrtsLlorca Francisco

Spanish physician, anatomist and embryologist, noted as one of the pioneers in the field of anatomy along with Hermann Braus in Spain. He is also known as the founder of the field of experimental embryology. His books include Anatomía humana (Human Anatomy, 1944), La fisiología del desarrollo y su importancia en biología (Developmental physiology and its importance in biology, 1956) and Tratamiento del infarto cerebral (Treatment of cerebral infarction, 1979). At the age of three, his family moved from Tampico, Mexico to live in Benidorm, Spain. Llorca graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia in 1928. In 1935, he was appointed as the chair of anatomy at the University of Cádiz. During the Spanish Civil War, he took refuge in the Republican area. He was a disciple of Henri Rouviére in Paris, Alfred Fischel in Vienna, Walter Vogt in Munich and Pedro Ara Sarriá in Madrid. His international travels before the Spanish Civil War were financed by the Board for the Expansion of Scientific Studies and Research (Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas), who later built an experimental embryology laboratory for him. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the University of Madrid. Francisco Orts Llorca died on 21 April 1993 in Madrid at age 87. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less