Vilensky Joel A, Stone James L, Gilman Sid
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2101 Coliseum Blvd, East, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA.
J Hist Neurosci. 2003 Dec;12(4):368-75. doi: 10.1076/jhin.12.4.368.27914.
In the February and March 1894 pages of The Lancet and in private letters, Charles Sherrington and Victor Horsley exchanged angry accusations pertaining to primacy of research on the course of the pyramidal fiber tract as determined from studies in monkeys. The polemics appear not to have ended in a manner satisfactory to either one. Moreover, the dispute allegedly led to a remarkable delay in publication of one of Sherrington's major contributions, which pertained to the localization of the motor cortex in apes that was published in 1917. Here we examine the argument in detail including the comments of an intermediary, Professor Rubert Boyce. We also examine the evidence for the supposed delay in publication, and conclude that the account of the delay originated in John Fulton's 1952 obituary of Sherrington, and is not true. We suggest it has become a fable that should no longer be repeated.
1894年2月和3月的《柳叶刀》杂志页面以及私人信件中，查尔斯·谢灵顿和维克多·霍斯利就猴子研究确定的锥体纤维束行程研究的优先权问题相互进行了愤怒指责。这场论战似乎并未以令任何一方满意的方式结束。此外，据称这场争端导致谢灵顿的一项重大贡献显著延迟发表，该贡献涉及1917年发表的猿类运动皮层的定位。在此我们详细审视这场争论，包括中间人鲁伯特·博伊斯教授的评论。我们还审视了所谓延迟发表的证据，并得出结论，延迟发表的说法源于约翰·富尔顿1952年为谢灵顿撰写的讣告，并非事实。我们认为这已成为一个不应再被重复的传说。
