McLendon W W
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1986 Apr;110(4):284-8.
A brief historical overview of pathology's role in the evolution of modern medicine is presented by highlighting the contributions of three outstanding figures in the history of pathology. Morgagni developed the concept of clinical-pathological correlation as a means of understanding "the seats and causes of diseases". Virchow introduced the microscope to pathology as a means of better understanding disease through the study of cellular (and eventually subcellular) events. Welch applied the then-new approaches of bacteriology to the study of disease and established the laboratory as a central focus for the pathologist. Certain common themes in the lives and works of these three founders are analyzed with respect to their signification for pathologists today and in the future.
通过强调病理学史上三位杰出人物的贡献，简要回顾了病理学在现代医学发展中的作用。莫尔加尼提出了临床病理相关性的概念，作为理解“疾病的部位和病因”的一种手段。魏尔啸将显微镜引入病理学，作为通过研究细胞（最终是亚细胞）事件更好地理解疾病的一种手段。韦尔奇将当时新的细菌学方法应用于疾病研究，并将实验室确立为病理学家的核心关注点。分析了这三位奠基人生活和工作中的某些共同主题，以探讨它们对当今和未来病理学家的意义。
