William Osler : a life in medicine / William Bliss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bliss, Michael, 1941-2017, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.

Osler, William.

Physicians--Canada--Biography.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This definitive biography, the first to be published since 1925, is based on archival research, draws on many new sources, and recreates Osler's life and medical times. It contains new major interpretations and insights by a leading historian of medicine.

Contents:

Contents; Preface: On Doing an Osler Autopsy; 1 English Gentlemen with American Energy; 2 Learning to See: Student Years; 3 The Baby Professor; 4 The Best Men: Philadelphia; 5 Starting at Johns Hopkins; 6 We All Worship Him; Illustrations; 7 The Great American Doctor; 8 Leaving America; 9 A Delightful Life and Place; 10 Sir William; 11 All the Youth and Glory of the Country; 12 Never Use a Crutch; 13 Osler's Afterlife; Notes and Sources; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1999.

Includes index.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770926-5

0-19-988077-8

1-280-76113-X

9786610761135

0-19-535256-4

OCLC:

433076173