Harris Stuart
J Med Biogr. 2009 Nov;17(4):195-8. doi: 10.1258/jmb.2009.009068.
The paper places the first Charles Darwin in his family context: the eldest son of Dr Erasmus Darwin and Mary Howard. Mention is made of Charles's upbringing and education, with illustrative material taken from his father's writings and from Anna Seward's Memoirs of the Life of Dr Darwin (1804). The part played by Dr Andrew Duncan of the Edinburgh Medical School is established. The award to Charles in March 1778 of the first medal by the Aesculapian Society of Edinburgh is described. The involvement of Dr William Cullen and Dr Joseph Black in the treatment of Charles's fatal infection is evidenced from Erasmus' letters. Attention is given to 'An Elegy on the much-lamented death of a most ingenious young gentleman who lately died in the College at Edinburgh where he was a student' which was written jointly by Duncan and Erasmus in 1778. The Elegy's curious publishing history will be glanced at. The paper concludes with a statement of Charles's great promise as a medical student and of Erasmus' efforts to ensure that his son's achievements were memorialised.
本文将首位查尔斯·达尔文置于其家庭背景之中：他是伊拉斯谟斯·达尔文博士和玛丽·霍华德的长子。文中提及了查尔斯的成长经历和教育情况，所引用的说明性材料取自他父亲的著作以及安娜·西沃德的《达尔文博士生平回忆录》（1804年）。文中确定了爱丁堡医学院的安德鲁·邓肯博士所起的作用。文中描述了1778年3月查尔斯获得爱丁堡医神学会颁发的第一枚奖章的情况。从伊拉斯谟斯的信件中可以看出，威廉·卡伦博士和约瑟夫·布莱克博士参与了对查尔斯致命感染的治疗。文中还提到了邓肯和伊拉斯谟斯于1778年共同撰写的《悼念一位最近在爱丁堡学院去世的极为聪慧的年轻绅士的挽歌》。本文将简要介绍这首挽歌奇特的出版历史。文章结尾指出，查尔斯作为一名医学生前途无量，伊拉斯谟斯也努力确保他儿子的成就得以铭记。
