Pladek Brittany
University of Toronto.
Bull Hist Med. 2011 Winter;85(4):560-86. doi: 10.1353/bhm.2011.0085.
This article examines the opening years of Thomas Wakley's 1823 journal the Lancet, which rose to dominate the precarious early-nineteenth-century medical publishing market. The author argues that Wakley was an editor acutely aware of his journal's relationship to a wider nonmedical press and that this awareness may have even contributed to the Lancet's early success. In addition to, and often contiguous with, the journal's strongly worded critique and detailed medical content, Wakley sought to attract readers by importing entertaining formal components from lay periodicals.
本文探讨了托马斯·瓦克利1823年创办的《柳叶刀》杂志创刊初期的情况，该杂志在19世纪早期动荡不安的医学出版市场中崛起并占据主导地位。作者认为，瓦克利是一位敏锐地意识到其杂志与更广泛的非医学出版社关系的编辑，这种意识甚至可能促成了《柳叶刀》早期的成功。除了措辞强烈的批评和详细的医学内容（且二者常常紧密相连）之外，瓦克利还试图通过引入通俗期刊中有趣的形式元素来吸引读者。
