Patton Sharon
Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2407 River Drive, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4543, USA.
J Parasitol. 2003 Aug;89(4):647-51. doi: 10.1645/GE-3248PA.
During the past several weeks, I, like many of my predecessors, have read many speeches previously delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). These are wonderful, exciting papers, and I recommend them to you. The history of our Society and much of parasitological research and philosophy are contained in these speeches. An understanding of parasitology and specifically of the ASP in the 21st century necessitates an understanding of our roots. Just as proteomics, genomics, DNA, and Mendel are a continuum, so is our progression as a science and as a Society. This thought is not original with me. Several presidents have discussed this point in detail: Eloise Cram in 1956, "Stepping Stones in the History of the American Society of Parasitologists" (Cram, 1956); Martin Ulmer in 1978, "What's Past is Prologue" (Ulmer, 1978); Harry Hoogstraal in 1984, "ASP: Its Historic Role and Modern Opportunities" (Hoogstraal, 1985); and Mike Kemp in 1988, "Parasitology a Degenerate Discipline, Populated by Degenerate Scientists, Studying Degenerate Organisms?" (Kemp, 1989).
在过去的几周里，我和我的许多前任一样，阅读了许多以前在美国寄生虫学家协会（ASP）年会上发表的演讲。这些都是精彩、令人兴奋的论文，我向你们推荐。我们协会的历史以及许多寄生虫学研究和理念都包含在这些演讲中。要理解21世纪的寄生虫学，特别是理解美国寄生虫学家协会，就必须了解我们的根源。正如蛋白质组学、基因组学、DNA和孟德尔是一个连续体一样，我们作为一门科学和一个协会的发展也是如此。这个想法并非我原创。几位会长都详细讨论过这一点：1956年的埃洛伊斯·克拉姆，《美国寄生虫学家协会历史上的垫脚石》（克拉姆，1956年）；1978年的马丁·乌尔默，《过去即序幕》（乌尔默，1978年）；1984年的哈里·胡格斯特拉尔，《美国寄生虫学家协会：其历史作用和现代机遇》（胡格斯特拉尔，1985年）；以及1988年的迈克·肯普，《寄生虫学是一门堕落的学科，由堕落的科学家研究堕落的生物？》（肯普，1989年）。
