Segal A
Vesalius. 1999 Dec;5(2):85-93.
The author is an experienced student of the origins and development of endoscopy from its beginnings with the speculum. Among the various contributors in this field in the medical literature of the 19th century appear the mysterious doctors B.....I. These names were the result of alterations, modifications and misspellings of the same name. Such entries became so ingrained in the literature they were hardly contested. One of the essential tasks of the historian is to verify and criticize even primary sources (Marc Bloch). This is especially true of early documents, no matter how surprising and enthusiastic they may be.
作者是一位从内窥镜借助窥器诞生之初就开始研究其起源和发展的经验丰富的学者。在19世纪医学文献中该领域的众多贡献者中，出现了神秘的B.....I医生。这些名字是同一名字经过改动、修改和拼写错误后的结果。此类记载在文献中根深蒂固，几乎无人质疑。历史学家的一项基本任务是即便对一手资料也要进行核实和批判（马克·布洛赫）。对于早期文献而言尤其如此，无论它们可能多么令人惊讶和激动人心。
