Lau Frank H, Chung Kevin C
Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, 2130 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340, USA.
J Hand Surg Am. 2004 Mar;29(2):181-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.08.016.
Silas Weir Mitchell discovered and treated causalgia, a condition most often encountered by hand surgeons. He is considered the father of neurology as well as an early pioneer in scientific medicine. He was also a psychiatrist, toxicologist, author, poet, and a celebrity in America and Europe. His many skills and interests led his contemporaries to consider him a genius on par with Benjamin Franklin. His contributions to medicine and particularly hand surgery continue to resonate today.
西拉斯·韦尔·米切尔发现并治疗了灼性神经痛，这是手外科医生最常遇到的一种病症。他被认为是神经病学之父，也是科学医学的早期先驱。他还是一名精神科医生、毒理学家、作家、诗人，在美国和欧洲都是名人。他的众多技能和兴趣使他的同代人认为他是与本杰明·富兰克林不相上下的天才。他对医学尤其是手外科的贡献至今仍有影响。
