Pearn J
Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2004 Dec;40(12):702-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00514.x.
Dr James George Beaney (1828-1891) was a flamboyant and controversial Melbourne surgeon and paediatrician. He was the first in Australia, in 1859, to publish a medical textbook; and the first, in 1873, to publish a paediatric text, Children: their treatment in health and disease. An analysis of four of his published works relating to paediatrics and paediatric surgery establishes his place as a true pioneer in the chronology of children's medicine and welfare in his adopted land. He undertook heroic yet conservative surgery on children, was the first to write in detail about paediatric anaesthesia, and was the pioneer of family planning in Australia. In Children: their treatment in health and disease, he described in detail the supreme importance of breastfeeding, detailed clear practical concepts for the weaning of infants and discussed the diagnosis and management of diseases of the mouth, ears, eyes and teeth of infants. Beaney was shunned by much of the established medical profession because of his self-promoting flamboyance and his egotism. However, an audit of surviving archives and of his published works affords him a place as another, hitherto unacknowledged true pioneer of Australian paediatrics.
詹姆斯·乔治·比尼医生（1828 - 1891）是一位张扬且颇具争议的墨尔本外科医生和儿科医生。1859年，他是澳大利亚首位出版医学教科书的人；1873年，他又是首位出版儿科著作《儿童：健康与疾病中的治疗》的人。对他出版的四部与儿科学和小儿外科相关的著作进行分析后可知，在他所移居的这片土地上，他在儿童医学与福利发展历程中堪称真正的先驱。他为儿童实施大胆却保守的手术，是首个详细论述儿科麻醉的人，还是澳大利亚计划生育的先驱。在《儿童：健康与疾病中的治疗》一书中，他详细阐述了母乳喂养的至关重要性，为婴儿断奶给出清晰实用的概念，并探讨了婴儿口腔、耳朵、眼睛和牙齿疾病的诊断与处理方法。由于比尼自我推销的张扬风格和自负心态，他遭到了许多正统医学界人士的回避。然而，对现存档案及他已出版著作的审查，使他在澳大利亚儿科学领域获得了一席之地，成为另一位迄今未被认可的真正先驱。
