James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA 14642.
Licensed Professional Land Surveyor (P.L.S.), County of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA 93408.
Haematologica. 2022 Dec 1;107(12):2765-2770. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281864.
Henry Bence Jones is among the esteemed physicians of the mid-19th century. Eighteen biographical medical journal articles, published between 1952 and 2021, describe his life and contributions to medicine. Unmentioned, however, is an island in the waters of Shepherd Bay in northern Canada, now Nunavut, designated Bence Jones Island, by the British explorer John Rae in 1854. Rae had sailed from Great Britain to the regions extending north of Hudson's Bay in search of information regarding Sir John Franklin and 133 other officers and men who departed from the Kingdom of Great Britain in two ships in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean; they disappeared. In anticipation of Rae's voyage to search for evidence of Franklin's expedition, Bence Jones provided a special preparation of tea that could be drunk cold, if necessary. It was so meaningful to the crew of Rae's ship that it resulted in Rae naming an island near Boothia Isthmus in Shepherd Bay in recognition of this contribution to the contentment of his men under arduous conditions and in acknowledgment of Bence Jones's professional standing, upon which we comment. Rae's report of his voyage in 1855, cited herein, mentioned the island and showed its position on a map of the region. We have located it on a current map of the waterways and landmasses of Nunavut using Google Earth Pro by showing its position at the approximate coordinates of latitude and longitude cited by Rae.
亨利·本斯·琼斯是 19 世纪中期备受尊敬的医生之一。1952 年至 2021 年间发表的 18 篇传记医学期刊文章描述了他的生平以及对医学的贡献。然而，在加拿大北部谢泼德湾水域的一个岛屿却没有被提及，该岛现在是努纳武特地区，1854 年被英国探险家约翰·雷（John Rae）命名为本斯·琼斯岛。雷从英国启航，前往哈德逊湾以北的地区，寻找有关约翰·富兰克林爵士和其他 133 名军官和船员的信息，他们于 1845 年从大不列颠王国乘坐两艘船出发，寻找通往太平洋的西北航道；他们失踪了。为了迎接雷寻找富兰克林探险队证据的航行，本斯·琼斯提供了一种特殊的冷泡茶准备，如果需要的话可以冷喝。这种茶对雷的船员来说意义非凡，以至于雷以布斯蒂亚地峡附近的一个岛屿命名，以表彰本斯·琼斯为船员在艰苦条件下的舒适生活所做的贡献，并承认本斯·琼斯的专业地位，我们对此进行了评论。本文引用了雷 1855 年航行报告，其中提到了该岛，并在该地区的地图上显示了它的位置。我们使用谷歌地球专业版在努纳武特的当前水道和陆地图上找到了它的位置，通过显示雷引用的纬度和经度的近似坐标来展示它的位置。
