The Golgi method finally allowed people to see the cells of neurons

Known as the “black reaction,”Golgi’s Method finally allowed researchers to see the entire cell body of what would later be named the neuron.The stain even highlighted the fibrous branches that shot off from the cell in different directions.Images of these branches became hazy at the ends,making it difficult to determine exactly how they fit into the larger network.But Golgi concluded that these branches connected,forming a web of tissue comprising the entire nervous system.14 years later, a young scientist and aspiring artist named Santiago Ramón y Cajal began to build on Golgi’s work.