Modlin I M
Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathobiology Group, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
World J Surg. 1998 Jan;22(1):103-13. doi: 10.1007/s002689900357.
It is difficult to evaluate precisely the effects of one individual on an entire discipline such as surgery. Indeed, it is impossible to do so when such a discipline spans so vast a country as the United States of America. Nevertheless, as a mountain peak can be seen from afar, so may one perceive the influence of man of Kocher's stature. His connection with Halsted and especially Cushing provided a direct link between the grandeur of Kocher's achievements and their lineal translation to a generation of evolving American surgeons. Both individuals, by personal example and professional endeavor, transmitted the precepts of Kocher to the nascent surgical fellowship of America. Thus the icon of Swiss surgery, recognized by a Nobel laureate and esteemed by his European colleagues, became a profound influence on American surgery. The triumvirate of Kocher, Cushing, and Halsted may thus be acknowledged as of vital consequence to the establishment of American surgery during the twentieth century.
要精确评估一个人对像外科手术这样的整个学科所产生的影响是困难的。事实上，当这样一个学科覆盖像美利坚合众国这么广袤的一个国家时，做到这一点是不可能的。然而，正如一座山峰能从远处被看见一样，人们也能感知到像科赫尔这样有卓越地位的人的影响力。他与霍尔斯特德，尤其是与库欣的联系，在科赫尔成就的辉煌与它们直接传递给一代不断发展的美国外科医生之间提供了一条纽带。这两个人，通过个人榜样和专业努力，将科赫尔的准则传递给了美国新兴的外科同行群体。因此，这位被诺贝尔奖获得者认可、受欧洲同行敬重的瑞士外科界的偶像人物，对美国外科手术产生了深远影响。科赫尔、库欣和霍尔斯特德三人组因此可被认为对20世纪美国外科手术的建立具有至关重要的意义。
