Ambrose Charles T
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Cell Immunol. 2007 Jan;245(1):7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.02.015. Epub 2007 Apr 23.
Basic Immunology has had only two significant public priority disputes. The first began in the late 1650s and concerned the recognition of the peripheral network of vessels which collects lymph throughout the body. The publication of this major anatomical discovery prompted a priority feud discussed in a previous paper. The subject of this essay is the second dispute which occurred a century later in the late 1750s. It focused on the function of the lymphatic system and precipitated a heated war of words between a young Scotch medical graduate (Alexander Monro) and a noted London anatomist (William Hunter). Their published charges and responses ranged from feigned respect to ad hominen invectives. But in retrospect, the priority claims of both were precluded by the observations and speculations of an Englishman (Francis Glisson) a full century before. The several editions of his work were unknown to Hunter and Monro at the inception of their feud.
《基础免疫学》仅有两起重大的公开优先权争议。第一起始于17世纪50年代末，涉及对遍布全身收集淋巴的外周血管网络的认知。这一重大解剖学发现的发表引发了一场在前一篇论文中讨论过的优先权之争。本文的主题是一个世纪后的18世纪50年代末发生的第二起争议。它聚焦于淋巴系统的功能，并在一位年轻的苏格兰医学毕业生（亚历山大·蒙罗）和一位著名的伦敦解剖学家（威廉·亨特）之间引发了一场激烈的唇枪舌战。他们发表的指控和回应从假意尊重到人身攻击谩骂不一而足。但回顾起来，早在整整一个世纪前，一位英国人（弗朗西斯·格利森）的观察和推测就使得两人的优先权主张都无法成立。在他们的纷争开始时，亨特和蒙罗都不知道他著作的几个版本。
