William Osler

Sir William Osler (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician.

Biography

He was born in Bond Head, Canada West (now Ontario) and studied and taught at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he obtained his medical degree in 1872. In 1884 he was appointed Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and in 1889 he became the first Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1905 he was appointed to the Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford, which he held until his death. Osler was created a baronet in 1911 for his great contributions to the field of medicine.

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Canada West - Ontario - McGill University - Montreal - Quebec - 1872 - 1884 - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 1889 - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - 1905 - Regius Chair of Medicine - Oxford - Baronet - 1911

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Osler was a prolific author and a great collector of books and other material relevant to the history of medicine. His most famous work is the Principles and Practice of Medicine, which appeared in many editions and translations for over 50 years. He willed his library to McGill University where it forms the nucleus of McGill University's Osler Library of the History of Medicine, which opened in 1929. Sir William and Lady Osler's ashes rest there among his beloved books.

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History of medicine - McGill University - Osler Library of the History of Medicine - 1929

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Throughout his life Osler was a great admirer of the 17th century physician and philosopher Sir Thomas Browne. In 1994 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

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Thomas Browne - 1994 - Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

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