Arturo Rosenblueth

Arturo Rosenblueth was a Mexican physiologist, university teacher, philosopher, and physician. Born in Chihuahua City in 1900, he studied at Harvard University, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and the Paris Medical Faculty. He worked at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Polytechnic Institute, and his professional locations included Boston. He spoke Spanish, English, and French.

Rosenblueth was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His doctoral student was Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão. He authored works including *Libro homenaje*, *El método científico*, *Mente y cerebro*, *The transmission of nerve impulses at neuroeffector junctions and peripheral synapses*, and *Mind and Brain*. He died in Mexico City in 1970.