伊藤正男先生最終講義ダイジェスト—小脳と大脳

The Last Lecture of Professor Masao Ito: The Cerebellum and Cerebrum

伊藤正男先生が1989年3月7日に行った東京大学医学部最終講義をダイジェストで再録する［伊藤正男著『脳と心を考える』（紀伊國屋書店1993年）第6章より3カ所割愛］。「小脳と大脳」と題して行われたこの講義は，脳機能に対する深い洞察と示唆に富み，随所にユーモアが感じられる名講義であった。伊藤先生が逝去された翌週，私は当時の図をすべて使いながらこの講義の再現を試みたが，30年経ったいまなおその先見性に目を開かれる思いがした。再録をお許しいただいたご家族に深謝したい。

Comment

Professor Masao Ito's last lecture, delivered at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine on March 7, 1989, is reproduced here in an abridged form. Its original title was “the Cerebellum and Cerebrum,” and this lecture was a real masterpiece, full of insights and suggestions on brain functions, together with humorous phrases here and there. When I tried to reproduce this lecture by using all figures at that time, just one week after Professor Ito passed away, I was struck by his foresight even after thirty years. I deeply appreciate his family's permission for the reproduction.