Railway spine was a nineteenth-century diagnosis for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in railroad accidents. The first full-length medical study of the condition was John Eric Erichsen's classic book, On Railway and Other Injuries of the Nervous System. [1] For this reason, railway spine is often known as Erichsen's disease.

但一位名叫约翰·埃里克·埃里克森（Sir John Eric Erichsen） [1]的医生命名了这种病症：铁路脊柱（railway spine）。 1867年，英国发生数起列车相撞事故，许多受害者称自己事后很长一段时间都在遭受各种症状折磨，其中部分仅发生在心理层面，其他则还有生理表现，且并非所有表现都可查明具体缘由。 受害者抱怨了下方展示的部分症状： 由于那个时代的医学在很大程度上受限于医生肉眼可获得的信息，没有方法可以验明这些说法。 而且医生也看不到受害者身上有任何问 …

1866年，一位著名的外科医生约翰·埃里克·埃里克森爵士（Sir John Eric Erichsen）将这些症状归因于脊柱震荡（俗称“铁路脊柱”），这种震荡涉及器质性病变，在没有脊柱骨折的情况下脊髓发炎，并可能造成心理覆盖。 在整个1870年代的医学和法律背景下，这一点已被广泛接受，因此乘客要求赔偿与碰撞有关的伤害。 1883年，一位名叫赫伯特·威廉·佩奇（Herbert William Page）的铁路外科医生反驳了这样的说法，即埃里克森的许多病例很可能直接受到了脊柱，脊髓和/或脊 …

In 1866, a prominent surgeon, Sir John Eric Erichsen, attributed such symptoms to concussion of the spine (popularized as "railway spine") that involved an organic pathology, inflammation of the spinal cord in the absence of spinal fracture, with potential psychological overlay.

2025年3月25日 · But one doctor, Sir John Eric Erichsen, came up with a name for it: railway spine. After a series of train crashes in Great Britain in 1867, many victims came forward to claim that they had suffered long-lasting effects, that included a variety of symptoms. Some of them were purely mental.

2021年3月20日 · But one doctor, Sir John Eric Erichsen, came up with a name for it: railway spine. After a series of train crashes in Great Britain in 1867, many victims came forward to claim that they had...

1996年7月1日 · Public alarm about rail travel intensified in 1866, when noted British surgeon John Eric Erichsen described a peculiar progressive spinal disorder, similar to spinal concussion, that was a sequela to railroad accident or injury.

2001年7月28日 · For a generation, Erichsen and his colleagues debated the physical and psychological features of railway spine, trying to balance distress and deceit. Not surprisingly, doctors representing victims emphasised the former, those in the employ of the railways the latter.

2013年9月3日 · The document discusses the history of railway spine and whiplash injuries. It describes how railway spine was first observed in the 1860s following train accidents in Britain. There was debate around whether injuries were physical or psychological. Eventually, it was recognized as traumatic neurosis (PTSD).

The nineteenth-century medical condition known as "railway spine" has recently received considerable attention from medical historians, particularly historians of psychiatry and related fields. An historical interpretation has developed which traces the origins of "modern" psychodynamic medicine to …