Historical Annotation

作者：Mark C. Rogers · 发表于：Circulation · 年份：1969 · DOI：10.1161/01.cir.40.1.1 · 被引用次数：205 · 研究领域：CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts、Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

IN THE CONTEXT of history scientistsoften share the fate of artists, for the final judgment of their work is subject to the whims of later generations.Even a great scientist may fade into obscurity as later investigators incorporate his ideas into their own and forget their origin.Such a fate seems to have befallen John Scott Burdon-Sanderson.Working in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Burdon-Sanderson and his assistant F. J. M. Page performed a series of brilliant experiments which laid the founda- tion of cardiac electrophysiology.The signifi- cance of this pioneering work by Burdon-Sanderson and Page is alluded to in a passing tribute paid to them by Brian Hoffman and