1.0Biographical Gallery of Catalan Science and Technologyhttps://scbcientifics.iec.cat/en/lifetimemediahttps://scbcientifics.iec.cat/en/author/lifetimemedia/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fsqalySLzR"><a href="https://scbcientifics.iec.cat/en/cientifics/castells-ballespi-martina/">Castells Ballespí, Martina</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://scbcientifics.iec.cat/en/cientifics/castells-ballespi-martina/embed/#?secret=fsqalySLzR" width="600" height="338" title="“Castells Ballespí, Martina” — Biographical Gallery of Catalan Science and Technology" data-secret="fsqalySLzR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://scbcientifics.iec.cat/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://scbcientifics.iec.cat/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/contentcientifics21.jpg400533There are people who have made great scientific contributions throughout their career and there are others who have paved the way to make them possible. This is the case of Martina Castells Ballespí, who died at the age of thirty-one without being able to develop her professional career. But she was a pioneer, one of the first women to obtain a PhD. in medicine in Barcelona.