Abemayor Elliot
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CHS 62-132, 10833, LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 9005-1624, United States.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2017 Jul-Aug;38(4):492-495. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.04.011. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
Sir Charles Bell is renowned and revered as an outstanding surgeon, anatomist, clinician and teacher and his many contributions to various medical fields have been amply described. What are less well-known are his contributions to the field of laryngology.
Selected clinical and physiological publications by Bell were examined that addressed issues related specifically to the airway or pharynx. These included both case reports and case series.
Bell was keenly interested in the physiology of voice production, disorders of the airways and deglutition. Despite a busy clinical and teaching practice, he took careful notice of individual cases that highlighted important generalizations regarding care for upper aerodigestive tract disorders that are relevant today. He was also the first to recognize the anatomy and physiology of pharyngoesophageal diverticula that Zenker later made more famous.
In addition to his many contributions to neurology, facial nerve anatomy and physiology, Sir Charles Bell was also a keen Laryngologist before the era of subspecialization. Rediscovery and study of his work should make us more appreciative of past clinician-investigators who cast a wide net to advance knowledge rather than burrow into a narrow tunnel of vision.
查尔斯·贝尔爵士作为一名杰出的外科医生、解剖学家、临床医生和教师而闻名并备受尊崇，他对各个医学领域的诸多贡献已有详尽描述。然而，他在喉科学领域的贡献却鲜为人知。
查阅贝尔所选的临床和生理学出版物，这些文献专门探讨了与气道或咽部相关的问题。其中包括病例报告和病例系列。
贝尔对发声生理学、气道疾病和吞咽功能有着浓厚兴趣。尽管临床和教学工作繁忙，但他仍仔细留意个别病例，这些病例突出了当今对上消化道疾病护理具有重要意义的一般性结论。他也是第一个认识到咽食管憩室解剖学和生理学的人，后来泽克尔使咽食管憩室更为出名。
除了对神经学、面神经解剖学和生理学的诸多贡献外，查尔斯·贝尔爵士在专科化时代之前也是一位敏锐的喉科医生。重新发现和研究他的工作应使我们更加赞赏过去那些拓宽知识面而非局限于狭隘视野的临床研究人员。
