Doyle Derek
Br J Haematol. 2006 May;133(4):375-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06037.x.
William Hewson has been called the father of haematology. Initially working alongside the Hunter brothers in London in the mid-18th century, he advanced our knowledge of red and white cells (but mistakenly thought some red cells started as white cells and could not recognise different varieties of white corpuscles), showed that it was fibrinogen and not the cells that led to coagulation, greatly advanced our knowledge of the lymphatic system in humans, fishes and amphibians, explored the functions of the thymus and spleen and, investigated pneumothorax and surgical emphysema. His life, cut short at 35 years, was often intertwined with those of the Hunters, Alexander Monro secundus and Benjamin Franklin. This paper reviews his work, his relationships and his impact on a nascent science.
威廉·休森被誉为血液学之父。18世纪中叶，他最初在伦敦与亨特兄弟共事，增进了我们对红细胞和白细胞的了解（但错误地认为一些红细胞起始于白细胞，且无法识别不同种类的白细胞），证明是纤维蛋白原而非细胞导致凝血，极大地推进了我们对人类、鱼类和两栖类淋巴系统的认识，探究了胸腺和脾脏的功能，并研究了气胸和手术性气肿。他年仅35岁便英年早逝，其一生常与亨特兄弟、亚历山大·蒙罗次子和本杰明·富兰克林交织在一起。本文回顾了他的工作、人际关系以及他对一门新兴科学的影响。
