WILLIAM OSLER : a life in Medicine
$30.00 USD • Used
cloth, gilt spine, xiv, 581 pages : illustrations, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket, "In his time the most famous physician in the world, Canadian-born William Osler (1849-1919) is stil...
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cloth, gilt spine, xiv, 581 pages : illustrations, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket, "In his time the most famous physician in the world, Canadian-born William Osler (1849-1919) is still the best-known figure in the history of medicine. This new, definitive biography by Michael Bliss is the first full-scale life of Osler to appear since 1925. Bliss draws on many untapped sources to recreate Osler's life and medical times for a new generation of readers." "Born at Bond Head, north of Toronto, Osler rose from obscurity to become the greatest medical teacher and writer in three countries." 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
Product Info
ISBN: 0195123468
ISBN-13: 9780195123463
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 1999
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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