Goldhahn W E
Zentralbl Neurochir. 1983;44(4):295-301.
Giving examples derived from history, the development and the present level of neurosurgery as an expression of the close interdisciplinary co-operation are dealt with. Neurosurgery has shown to be useful in our days and will continue to do so the future as a link between the great number of medical and non-medical disciplines; it has integrative functions, the roots of which frequently reach back to the beginnings of the disciplines, and these functions call for a constant further maintenance of the interests of the people concerned reaching far beyond their own fields. In this way, the neurosurgeon can avoid to become only a marginal figure in the sense of the surgical assistant of other medical disciplines. Being conscious of the history of one's own field often gives surprisingly important information about one's future development and permits an analysis of one's daily work.
通过列举历史上的例子，阐述了神经外科作为紧密跨学科合作体现的发展历程及当前水平。如今，神经外科已证明其具有重要作用，并且在未来作为众多医学和非医学学科之间的纽带仍将继续发挥作用；它具有整合功能，其根源常常可追溯到各学科的起源，而这些功能需要相关人员不断维护远超自身领域的利益。这样，神经外科医生就能避免沦为其他医学学科手术助手意义上的边缘人物。了解自身领域的历史往往能为未来发展提供出人意料的重要信息，并有助于分析日常工作。
