The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters and has been in existence since the eighteenth century. On 23 November 1868, a general meeting was held by the RSE at which members nominated the German academic, Professor Rudolf Virchow, as an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his key contributions to cellular theory. This nomination was opposed by the Reverend Joseph Taylor Goodsir, brother of the late Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University, John Goodsir. Reverend Goodsir went on to accuse the German professor of plagiarising his late brother's pioneering work in the formulation of cell theory. The resultant furore created by the Reverend Goodsir led to an acrimonious scientific dispute in the Edinburgh medical establishment, then one of the leading centres of medical education. The current work describes the history of cellular theory as it pertains to John Goodsir and Rudolf Virchow, discusses the history behind the scientific dispute and interprets Reverend Joseph Taylor Goodsir's role relating his actions to his continuing battle with mental illness, and the aftermath of the dispute as it affected the reputation of John Goodsir.

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1869 年细胞理论的争论：Goodsir 与 Virchow

爱丁堡皇家学会 (RSE) 是苏格兰的国家科学和文学学院，自 18 世纪以来一直存在。1868 年 11 月 23 日，RSE 召开全体会议，成员提名德国学者 Rudolf Virchow 教授为荣誉院士，以表彰他对细胞理论的重要贡献。这一提名遭到了爱丁堡大学已故解剖学教授约翰·古德西尔的兄弟约瑟夫·泰勒·古德西尔牧师的反对。Goodsir 牧师继续指责这位德国教授抄袭了他已故兄弟在细胞理论制定方面的开创性工作。古德瑟牧师所引起的轰动导致爱丁堡医疗机构发生了激烈的科学争论，爱丁堡医疗机构当时是医学教育的主要中心之一。