Finger S, Clower W T
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA.
Neurosurgery. 2001 Apr;48(4):911-7; discussion 917-8. doi: 10.1097/00006123-200104000-00045.
Victor Horsley was intrigued by newly discovered, ancient trepanned skulls, especially those that revealed that the operation was performed on living patients. He examined the man-made openings as an expert on the locus of the primate motor cortex and as a surgeon who had successfully removed parts of the motor cortex to treat Jacksonian epilepsy. He postulated that trepanation originated as a way to treat pain and epilepsy caused by depressed cranial fractures over the motor cortex. Like Broca before him, Horsley helped create the exciting Zeitgeist that led others in the late-1 800s to explore, ponder, and write about ancient trepanned skulls.
维克多·霍斯利对新发现的古代颅骨钻孔标本很感兴趣，尤其是那些显示该手术是在活体患者身上进行的标本。作为灵长类动物运动皮层定位方面的专家以及一名成功切除部分运动皮层以治疗杰克逊癫痫症的外科医生，他仔细检查了这些人为开口。他推测，颅骨钻孔术最初是作为一种治疗因运动皮层上方颅骨凹陷性骨折所引起的疼痛和癫痫的方法。和他之前的布罗卡一样，霍斯利助力营造了这种令人兴奋的时代思潮，促使19世纪末的其他人去探索、思考并撰写关于古代颅骨钻孔标本的文章。
