Sir William Osler, 1849-1919: A Selection for Medical Students

vii, [5], 114, [2] pp. 8vo. A selection of essays written by the famous and influential physician, including: Aequanimitas; The Fixed Period; The Student Life; A Backwood Physiologist; The Growth of a Profession; The Historical Development and Relative Value of Laboratory and Clinical Methods in Diagnosis; A Note on the Teaching of the History of Medicine. Charles G. Roland provides a preface, introduction, postscript, and bibliography. "Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, FRS FRCP (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He has frequently been described as the "Father of Modern Medicine" and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". Osler was a person of many interests, who in addition to being a physician, was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker."