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William Osler: A Life in Medicine »

Authors: Michael Bliss
ISBN-13: 9780195329605, ISBN-10: 0195329600
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss, a professor at the University of Toronto, is an award-winning historian of Canada and of modern medicine. One of his many previous books, The Discovery of Insulin, has been widely recognized as a classic of medical history. Professor Bliss has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He lives in Toronto.

Book Synopsis

Osler rose from obscurity to become the greatest medical teacher and writer in three countries, revered as a major figure in the advent of 20th-century medicine. The first full-scale biography of Osler since 1925.

New England Journal of Medicine

...certain to generate a new appreciation of the man and his remarkably diverse achievements.

Preface: On Doing an Osler Autopsy	ix
1 English Gentlemen with American Energy	3
2 Learning to See: Student Years	36
3 The Baby Professor	80
4 The Best Men: Philadelphia	122
5 Starting at Johns Hopkins	168
6 We All Worship Him	208
7 The Great American Doctor	259
8 Leaving America	308
9 A Delightful Life and Place	332
10 Sir William	369
11 All the Youth and Glory of the Country	402
12 Never Use a Crutch	441
13 Osler's Afterlife	477
Notes and Sources	505
Acknowledgments	557
Illustration Credits	561
Index	563
Illustrations follow pages 210 and 434

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