Michell A
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF, UK.
Res Vet Sci. 2000 Oct;69(2):101-6. doi: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0401.
This article reviews the roots of comparative medicine and argues that during the 20th century it failed to realise its full potential. New opportunities arise from the growing availability of precise, minimally invasive, clinically compatible techniques, which enable us to benefit from the availability of spontaneous analogues of human disease in animals. Particularly with multifactorial diseases, these offer a unique blend of authenticity and acceptability. To realise the full benefits to both animals and humans, we need much closer alignment of human and veterinary clinical medicine.
本文回顾了比较医学的根源，并指出在20世纪它未能充分发挥其潜力。精确、微创、临床兼容技术的日益普及带来了新的机遇，这使我们能够受益于动物身上出现的人类疾病自然类似物。特别是对于多因素疾病，这些自然类似物提供了真实性和可接受性的独特结合。为了让动物和人类都充分受益，我们需要使人类临床医学和兽医学更加紧密地结合。
