Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4027, Australia.
Brain. 2012 Oct;135(Pt 10):3178-88. doi: 10.1093/brain/aws181. Epub 2012 Sep 3.
William Gowers' classic single-authored two-volume A manual of diseases of the nervous system appeared in a first edition in 1886 and 1888, and in a second edition in 1892 and 1893, with a third edition of Volume 1 in 1899. No third edition of Volume 2 ever appeared. However, in 1949 Critchley stated that he had seen part of a revision of this volume. Subsequent writers could not find this material, but it recently came to light at Gowers' old hospital at Queen Square, London. The present paper describes the rediscovered material, containing Gowers' handwritten alterations for a further edition of Volume 2, and substantial new material, at least in relation to nystagmus and myasthenia. Gowers' declining health, or a conflict between his planned new text and his contributions to the neurology segments (1899) of Allbutt's System of medicine, may explain why a third edition of Volume 2 of the Manual of diseases of the nervous system never appeared.
威廉·高尔（William Gowers）的经典单卷本两卷本《神经系统疾病手册》于 1886 年和 1888 年首次出版，1892 年和 1893 年出版了第二版，1899 年出版了第一卷的第三版。第二卷从未出版过第三版。然而，1949 年克里奇利（Critchley）指出，他曾看到过该卷修订的一部分。后来的作家找不到这些材料，但最近在伦敦皇后广场的高尔旧医院发现了这些材料。本文介绍了重新发现的材料，其中包含高尔为第二卷的再版手写的修改内容，以及大量的新材料，至少在眼球震颤和重症肌无力方面是如此。高尔健康状况的恶化，或者他计划的新文本与他对《艾布特医学体系》（Allbutt's System of medicine）神经学部分（1899 年）的贡献之间的冲突，可能解释了为什么《神经系统疾病手册》第二卷的第三版从未出现。
