Royle's sympathectomy for spastic paralysis: Sorry saga or scientific awakening?

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Journal of the History of the Neurosciences Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-08 DOI:10.1080/0964704X.2023.2204336
Catherine E Storey
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On October 20, 1924, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, two medical graduates of the University of Sydney delivered the John B. Murphy Oration to the American College of Surgeons on the topic of sympathetic ramisection for the treatment of spastic paralysis. The surgery was regarded as a triumph. The triumph, however, was short-lived, when one of the speakers, John Irvine Hunter, a promising anatomist, died prematurely. Norman Royle, an orthopedic surgeon, continued the research program and continued to perform these operations. Within a few short years, however, the theory of the dual nerve supply of skeletal muscle, which underpinned the procedure, and the results of surgery for spastic paralysis came under question. Nevertheless, Royle's sympathectomy found another indication and became the treatment of choice for peripheral vascular disease for several decades thereafter. Although Hunter and Royle's original work was discredited, their research turned their sorry saga into a scientific awakening of the sympathetic nervous system.

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罗伊尔交感神经切除术治疗痉挛性麻痹:抱歉传奇还是科学觉醒?
1924年10月20日,在纽约市的华尔道夫-阿斯托里亚酒店,悉尼大学的两名医学毕业生向美国外科医生学院发表了约翰·B·墨菲演讲,主题是交感神经分支切除术治疗痉挛性麻痹。手术被认为是一次胜利。然而,这场胜利是短暂的,演讲者之一、有前途的解剖学家约翰·欧文·亨特过早去世。整形外科医生Norman Royle继续研究项目,并继续进行这些手术。然而,在短短几年内,支撑该手术的骨骼肌双神经供应理论和痉挛性麻痹手术的结果受到了质疑。尽管如此,罗伊尔交感神经切除术发现了另一种适应症,并在此后的几十年里成为外周血管疾病的首选治疗方法。尽管亨特和罗伊尔的原著不可信,但他们的研究将他们令人遗憾的传奇故事变成了交感神经系统的科学觉醒。
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Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 社会科学-科学史与科学哲学
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期刊介绍: The Journal of the History of the Neurosciences is the leading communication platform dealing with the historical roots of the basic and applied neurosciences. Its domains cover historical perspectives and developments, including biographical studies, disorders, institutions, documents, and instrumentation in neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropsychology, and the behavioral neurosciences. The history of ideas, changes in society and medicine, and the connections with other disciplines (e.g., the arts, philosophy, psychology) are welcome. In addition to original, full-length papers, the journal welcomes informative short communications, letters to the editors, book reviews, and contributions to its NeuroWords and Neurognostics columns. All manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by an Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, full- and short-length papers are subject to peer review (double blind, if requested) by at least 2 anonymous referees.
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