“柳叶刀犹如拱形窗口,让光亮透入,亦是锋利的手术刀,以切除陈杂。”1823年英国外科医生汤姆·魏克莱以外科手术刀“柳叶刀”(Lancet)为名创办了一本医学期刊。Lancet在英语中亦有“尖顶穹窗”之意,寓意期刊将“照亮医界的明窗”。在近200年的历史中,《柳叶刀》发表过太多对人类医学发展产生深远影响的里程碑式的经典文章,首次 “The lancet is like an arched window, so bright light is also a sharp scalpel to remove Chen Za.” “In 1823 the British surgeon Tom Weckley to surgical scalpel” “Lancet” (Lancet) founded a medical journal. Lancet also has the meaning of “steeplechase dome” in English, meaning that the journals will “illuminate the clear window of the medical profession.” In nearly 200 years of history, the Lancet has published too many landmark classic articles that have had a profound impact on the development of human medicine, for the first time