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Arthur Norman Guthkelch (born 1915) is a British pediatric neurosurgeon. He is sometimes known as the first British pediatric neurosurgeon. He was the first physician to make a connection between shaking an infant and subsequent brain injury. ==Biography== Born outside of London, Guthkelch wanted to become a veterinarian in early childhood, but he shifted his goal to becoming a physician by the second grade. He studied at the University of Oxford, earning a medical degree. He was a resident at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.〔 Guthkelch worked at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary. His early career was influenced by neurosurgeon Sir Geoffrey Jefferson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archives.li.man.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=full&rsid=dc.title%20any%2Frelevant%2Fproxinfo%20%22Thomas%20Fay%20Hugh%20b%201926%22&firstrec=1841&numreq=20&hitposition=1845&highlight=1 )〕 Guthkelch has been described as the first pediatric neurosurgeon in Great Britain. Making the connection between subdural hematoma and babies who had sustained shaking injuries, Guthkelch published his conclusions in a 1971 ''British Medical Journal'' paper. He said that since there was no stigma associated with shaking infants in Northern England at that time, parents were frank with him that these injured infants had been shaken. Later, he was critical of the broad application of the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis in legal proceedings, saying that illnesses could sometimes cause similar issues to shaken baby syndrome.〔 〕 "In a case of measles, if you get the diagnosis wrong, in seven days' time it really doesn't matter because it's cleared up anyhow," Guthkelch said. "If you get the diagnosis of fatal shaken baby syndrome wrong, potentially someone's life will be terminated." In September 2015, he told Retro Report that he was "shocked" and "desperately disappointed" that prosecutors were using his science as a basis to convict people. As of 2012, a 100-year-old Guthkelch was retired but continued to review cases in which people have been charged with injuring children by shaking. The Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida bestows the Norman Guthkelch Award upon a student or early career scientist involved in spina bifida or hydrocephalus research.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.srhsb.com/gift-of-knowledge/award/the-norman-guthkelch-award )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Guthkelch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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