Fine E J, Reynolds D, Soria E D, Scalcione L R, Fine D L
Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
Neurosurgery. 1998 Feb;42(2):372-7; discussion 377-8. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199802000-00102.
ROSWELL PARK, M.D., (1852-1914) is remembered for founding the world's first cancer institute that now bears his name a century ago, The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and for an unfortunate association with the mortal wounding of President William McKinley in Buffalo, NY, in 1901. Park's accomplishments as a pioneer American neurosurgeon have been overlooked. After Park was appointed as Chair of Surgery at the University of Buffalo in 1884, he became the first American surgeon to precisely localize and remove a posttraumatic epileptic focus in the absence of external scars in 1886. Park introduced American physicians and surgeons to David Ferrier's research on localization of cerebral cortical function and Victor Horsley's techniques for extirpating epileptic foci. In 1895, Park became the first American surgeon to successfully treat spina bifida. In the same year, he wrote the first American monograph on surgery of the head. Park's case reports of successful operations on patients deemed almost incurable reveal boldness and ingenuity. Park's untimely death truncated a promising career.
罗斯韦尔·帕克医学博士（1852 - 1914）因在一个世纪前创立了如今以他名字命名的世界上第一家癌症研究所——罗斯韦尔·帕克癌症研究所而被铭记，同时也因与1901年威廉·麦金莱总统在纽约州布法罗市遇刺重伤这一不幸事件有所关联而为人所知。帕克作为美国神经外科先驱的成就一直被忽视。1884年帕克被任命为布法罗大学外科主任后，1886年他成为首位在无外部疤痕的情况下精确定位并切除创伤后癫痫病灶的美国外科医生。帕克将大卫·费里尔关于大脑皮质功能定位的研究以及维克多·霍斯利切除癫痫病灶的技术介绍给了美国的内科医生和外科医生。1895年，帕克成为首位成功治疗脊柱裂的美国外科医生。同年，他撰写了美国首部关于头部外科手术的专著。帕克对那些被认为几乎无法治愈的患者进行成功手术的病例报告展现出了大胆与独创性。帕克的英年早逝使他原本充满希望的职业生涯戛然而止。
