Sugai Naosuke
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Relief Center, Chigasaki Tokushukai Medical Center, Chigasaki 253-0052.
Masui. 2003 Feb;52(2):195-201.
This short biography introduces Ralph Waters to Japanese speaking people. Meeting in Madison in June 2002, "Ralph Waters and Professionalism in Anesthesiology A Celebration of 75 Years", is also reported briefly. Ralph Waters is relatively unknown in Japan probably because during his professional life, Japan looked to the continental Europe to learn medicine and sent students chiefly to this area. After the end of the World War II, however, Japan sent a number of students to the United States including many who received the training in anesthesiology in the departments headed by the disciples of Waters or in the departments under the strong influence of Waters' philosophy. Therefore, it is probably true to say that Japanese anesthesiology today owes much to Waters' teaching.
这本简短的传记向讲日语的人们介绍了拉尔夫·沃特斯。文中还简要报道了2002年6月在麦迪逊举行的“拉尔夫·沃特斯与麻醉学专业精神：75周年庆典”。拉尔夫·沃特斯在日本相对鲜为人知，这可能是因为在他的职业生涯中，日本向欧洲大陆学习医学，主要派遣学生到该地区。然而，第二次世界大战结束后，日本向美国派遣了许多学生，其中包括许多在由沃特斯的弟子领导的部门或在沃特斯哲学的强烈影响下的部门接受麻醉学培训的学生。因此，可以说如今日本的麻醉学在很大程度上归功于沃特斯的教学。
