Pepys Mark
Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Department of Medicine, UK.
Biogr Mem Fellows R Soc. 2003;49:475-93. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2003.0028.
Dame Sheila Patricia Violet Beckett Sherlock was the world's leading female physician-scientist of the twentieth century. Her brilliant, wide-ranging, original contributions to the investigation, diagnosis, classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of liver disease played a leading role in the establishment of hematology as a medical specialty. Her rigorous, highly focused, studies combined experimental and laboratory investigations with meticulous clinical observation, encompassed most aspects of liver function, disease and treatment, and led directly to enormous benefit for millions of patients. Her remarkable individual personality also had a profound influence not only on her medical and scientific specialty but also on several generations of physicians throughout the world. She was the first female professor of medicine and head of a department of medicine in the UK, and the pioneer of women in modern medicine. The importance of her contributions to knowledge and her massive influence on training in and the practice of medicine related to liver disease were recognized by a glittering array of honours and awards from professional societies and academic institutions throughout the world, including 19 honorary degrees, and, very belatedly, election to Fellowship of The Royal Society in the last year of her life.
希拉·帕特里夏·维奥莱特·贝克特·福尔摩斯女爵士是20世纪世界顶尖的女性医学科学家。她在肝病的调查、诊断、分类、流行病学、发病机制及治疗方面作出了卓越、广泛且具有原创性的贡献，在血液学成为一门医学专科的过程中发挥了主导作用。她严谨、专注的研究将实验及实验室调查与细致的临床观察相结合，涵盖了肝功能、疾病及治疗的大部分方面，直接为数百万患者带来了巨大益处。她非凡的个人特质不仅对其医学和科学专业产生了深远影响，也对全球几代医生产生了深远影响。她是英国第一位女性医学教授及医学系主任，也是现代医学领域女性的先驱。她对知识的贡献以及对肝病医学培训和实践的巨大影响，得到了来自世界各地专业协会和学术机构的一系列熠熠生辉的荣誉和奖项的认可，包括19个荣誉学位，并且在她生命的最后一年，很晚才当选为皇家学会会员。
