《柳叶刀》（The Lancet）是一本国际性的综合医学杂志，它将考虑任何能推动或阐明医学科学和实践，或对杂志读者进行教育或娱乐的原创贡献。无论你写了什么，要记住你试图接触的是普通读者。判断自己是否成功的一种方式是将草稿展示给其他专业同事。如果他们不理解，很可能《柳叶刀》的工作人员和读者也不会理解。文稿必须完全由作者（们）独立完成，不得在其他地方先行发表，并且不得在其他期刊审稿中。

The Lancet is an international general medical journal that will consider any original contribution that advances or illuminates medical science or practice, or that educates or entertains the journal's readers. Whatever you have written, remember that it is the general reader whom you are trying to reach. One way to find out if you have succeeded is to show your draft to colleagues in other specialties. If they do not understand, neither, very probably, will The Lancet's staff or readers. Manuscripts must be solely the work of the author(s) stated, must not have been previously published elsewhere, and must not be under consideration by another journal.