Chalat N I
Laryngoscope. 1984 Oct;94(10):1307-10. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198410000-00009.
The story of Sir Morell Mackenzie and his famous patient, Frederick III, Crown Prince of Germany naturally divides itself into four segments: the physician, his famous patient, the illness, and its consequences both medically and historically. The circumstances of Frederick's death have affected us all. Medically, the cause of biopsy for carcinoma of the larynx was set back many years. For generations biopsy was considered unnecessary to the diagnosis. Had Frederick lived and remained Emperor, and had he encouraged Bismarck to continue a more liberal government and constitutional monarchy; had he continued the non-aggression treaty between Russia and Germany; had he honored his pledge to Queen Victoria for a "close and lasting friendship between our two nations," how different our history might have been.
莫雷尔·麦肯齐爵士和他著名的病人——德国王储腓特烈三世的故事自然地分为四个部分：医生、他著名的病人、疾病以及其在医学和历史方面的后果。腓特烈的死亡情况影响了我们所有人。在医学上，喉癌活检的事业倒退了许多年。几代人以来，活检都被认为对诊断没有必要。如果腓特烈活下来并继续成为皇帝，如果他鼓励俾斯麦继续推行更自由的政府和君主立宪制；如果他延续俄罗斯和德国之间的互不侵犯条约；如果他履行对维多利亚女王的承诺，实现“我们两国之间紧密而持久的友谊”，我们的历史将会多么不同。
