Kirsner J B
University of Chicago School of Medicine, USA.
Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 1995 Jan-Feb;58(1):1-20.
At the occasion of the Georges Brohée Lecture presented at the 10th World Congress of Gastroenterology in Los Angeles (1994), the author makes a brief history of Georges Brohée (1887-1957), Belgian Surgeon and Radiologist who promoted modern Gastroenterology, in particular by founding the Belgian Society of Gastroenterology in 1928 and by organizing the first International Congress of Gastroenterology in Brussels in 1935. His continuing efforts culminated in the constitution of the "Organisation Mondiale de Gastro-entérologie" (OMG) which prepared the first World Congress of Gastroenterology for 1958. In the second part, the author continues his description of the scientific development of Gastroenterology during the 20th century. The following topics are treated: gastrointestinal endoscopy, enteric microflora with emphasis on the discovery of Helicobacter pylori, of Tropheryma Whippleii and of antibacterial agents, gastrointestinal immunology.
在1994年于洛杉矶举行的第10届世界胃肠病学大会上发表的乔治·布罗埃讲座之际，作者简要介绍了乔治·布罗埃（1887 - 1957）的生平。布罗埃是比利时外科医生和放射学家，他推动了现代胃肠病学的发展，特别是在1928年创立了比利时胃肠病学会，并于1935年在布鲁塞尔组织了首届国际胃肠病学大会。他持续不断的努力最终促成了“世界胃肠病学组织”（OMG）的成立，该组织筹备了1958年的首届世界胃肠病学大会。在第二部分，作者继续描述了20世纪胃肠病学的科学发展。讨论的主题包括：胃肠内镜检查、肠道微生物群，重点介绍了幽门螺杆菌、惠普尔嗜组织细胞菌的发现以及抗菌药物、胃肠免疫学。
