Booth C
Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, London, England.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2007 Mar;37(1):65-76.
The term 'Atlanticism' is used to define the cooperation between Western European and North American nations, usually in matters of politics or defence. The purpose of this paper is to show that from the time of the Spanish conquistadors, there has been an effective communication in medical matters across the Atlantic that can best be defined as 'Medical Atlanticism'. As colonies developed in North America, there were increasing contacts with European nations. During the eighteenth century, the University of Edinburgh played a major role but later, in the nineteenth century, France, then Germany and Vienna, shaped the development of medicine in the United States. Britain was to be greatly influenced by the example of first Germany, then the United Staes. Today, 'Medical Atlanticism' is an outmoded term since medicine has become global.
“大西洋主义”一词用于定义西欧和北美国家之间通常在政治或国防事务上的合作。本文的目的是表明，自西班牙征服者时代以来，大西洋两岸在医学事务上就存在着一种有效的交流，这种交流最好被定义为“医学大西洋主义”。随着北美殖民地的发展，与欧洲国家的接触日益增加。在18世纪，爱丁堡大学发挥了主要作用，但后来在19世纪，法国、德国和维也纳塑造了美国医学的发展。英国先是受到德国的影响，后来又受到美国的影响。如今，“医学大西洋主义”已成为一个过时的术语，因为医学已经全球化。
