Medical Oncologist, "Parnassus", Park Hill, Loughton, IG10 4ES, U.K.
Hell J Nucl Med. 2022 Jan-Apr;25(1):2-4. doi: 10.1967/s002449912442.
It could be argued that the first medical historian in the Western Medical Tradition, is the author of the treatise On Ancient Medicine, included in the Hippocratic Corpus, in all probability, Hippocrates himself. In our time, the domain of the history of medicine is inhabited by two factions, often indifferent towards each other's contributions, if not occasionally confrontational. One faction is represented by medical practitioners who, usually upon retirement from clinical care, research and seek to understand the practice and evolution of their craft in the recent and distant past. They are the medical historians. The other, by academic historians with a background in humanities who view and research the history of medicine from a different perspective. Historiography, the philosophy of science, philological concerns, the provenance of manuscripts, textual scrutiny, the cultural and social parameters relevant to their historical subject, are the focus of the work of these historians of medicine. Rarely, researchers of the history of medicine combine optimally humanities with a medical background. Many will recognize Sir William Osler (1849-1919) as the best representative of this happy cohabitation. The opportunity now arises for a fruitful collaboration between medical historians and historians of medicine in recording the unprecedented times and the global challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time for truce.
可以说，在西方医学传统中，第一位医学史学家很可能是希波克拉底本人，他是《希波克拉底文集》中论述古代医学的论文的作者。在我们这个时代，医学史领域存在着两个学派，他们通常对彼此的贡献漠不关心，如果不是偶尔相互对立的话。一个学派由医学从业者组成，他们通常在临床护理退休后，研究并试图了解他们在最近和遥远的过去的实践和演变。他们是医学史学家。另一个学派则由人文背景的学术历史学家组成，他们从不同的角度看待和研究医学史。编史学、科学哲学、语文学关注、手稿的出处、文本审查、与他们历史主题相关的文化和社会参数，是这些医学史学家工作的重点。很少有医学史的研究人员能够将人文科学和医学背景完美地结合起来。许多人将 19 世纪的威廉·奥斯勒爵士（Sir William Osler）（1849-1919 年）视为这种和谐共处的最佳代表。现在有机会在记录 COVID-19 大流行的空前时代和全球挑战方面，让医学史学家和医学史家进行富有成效的合作。现在是休战的时候了。
