Biderman Aya, Herman Joseph
Department of Family Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
J Med Biogr. 2004 May;12(2):66-70. doi: 10.1177/096777200401200204.
Dr Silas Weir Mitchell, known as the father of neurology in the United States and as the author of several best-selling novels, pursued many interests during a long career in medicine and literature. He was also a renowned public figure and an able laboratory scientist who, according to President Theodore Roosevelt, served his country well. Mitchell was well ahead of his time and his refusal to conform to certain rigid ideas about what was and what was not permitted to a physician brought him into conflict with some of his contemporaries. This paper examines aspects of Mitchell's versatility, the rewards it brought him and the price he paid for it.
西拉斯·韦尔·米切尔博士被誉为美国神经学之父，也是几本畅销小说的作者。在漫长的医学和文学职业生涯中，他涉猎广泛。他还是一位著名的公众人物和杰出的实验室科学家，据西奥多·罗斯福总统称，他为国家做出了卓越贡献。米切尔远远超越了他所处的时代，他拒绝遵循某些关于医生行为规范的僵化观念，这使他与一些同时代人产生了冲突。本文探讨了米切尔的多才多艺、这种多才多艺给他带来的回报以及他为此付出的代价。
