Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
J Hist Neurosci. 2024 Jul-Sep;33(3):275-297. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2024.2319079. Epub 2024 Mar 8.
In the era after World War II, Francis (Frank) Forster (1912-2006) became a preeminent American neurologist and epileptologist, with international prominence in the study of reflex epilepsy. Forster's interest in reflex epilepsy began with a chance observation of the condition, in 1946, in a four-year-old girl. When medical measures failed to control her somatosensory-evoked seizures, Forster recommended surgery, and then facilitated transfer to Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield (1891-1976) at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Forster traveled to Montreal for the child's surgery. The surgery on February 27, 1948, proved to be curative for the child, and Forster's interactions with Penfield and epileptologist Herbert Jasper (1906-1999) made a lasting impression. This study reviews the medical and surgical history of this case, which strongly influenced Forster's career.
在第二次世界大战后的时代，弗朗西斯（弗兰克）福斯特（1912-2006）成为一位杰出的美国神经病学家和癫痫学家，在反射性癫痫的研究方面具有国际知名度。福斯特对反射性癫痫的兴趣始于 1946 年对一个四岁女孩的偶然观察。当医疗措施未能控制她的感觉诱发性发作时，福斯特建议进行手术，然后促成她转至加拿大神经外科医生怀尔德·彭菲尔德（Wilder Penfield，1891-1976 年）在蒙特利尔神经学研究所。福斯特为孩子的手术前往蒙特利尔。1948 年 2 月 27 日的手术对孩子来说是治愈性的，福斯特与彭菲尔德和癫痫专家赫伯特·贾斯珀（Herbert Jasper，1906-1999 年）的互动给他留下了深刻的印象。本研究回顾了该病例的医疗和手术史，这对福斯特的职业生涯产生了深远的影响。
