以利沙·巴特利特与疾病分布

Elisha Bartlett and distribution of disease

以利沙·巴特利特(Elisha Bartlett,1804-1855),19世纪著名的医学作家和病理学家。巴特利特基于观察和文献查找的方法,运用疾病分布的流行病学手段,深入详实地描述了伤寒、斑疹伤寒、周期性发烧和黄热病等发热性疾病,奠定了探索疾病传播途径、预防干预措施的基础。同时,巴特利特是医学哲学思想的引路人,受法国临床流行病学先驱皮埃尔·路易,斯思想的启迪,用事实和经验撰写了《医学哲学》,对美国医学产生了深远影响。

Elisha Bartlett （1804-1855） was a famous medical writer and pathologist in the 19th century. Based on observation and literature search, Bartlett used the epidemiological method of disease distribution to describe febrile diseases such as typhoid fever, typhus fever, periodic fever and yellow fever in detail, laid the foundation for exploring routes of disease transmission and preventive interventions. Meanwhile, Bartlett is the guider of medical philosophy. He was inspired by the French clinical epidemiology pioneer Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis, and wrote the Medical Philosophy with facts and experience, which has had profound impacts on American medicine.