Sir William Osler
1849-1919
Canadian Physician and Professor of Medicine
Canadian William Osler influenced the establishment of medical education in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. An ou...
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The Canadian physician Sir William Osler (1849-1919) was outstanding in the principles and practice of medicine, contributed writings of classical quality, and collected an impressive library on the h...
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After Osler's death at the age of 70, the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet described him as the most significant medical personality of his day. Oddly, this giant of the healing professi...
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Sir William Osler was a preeminent physician and medical educator who published more than a thousand medical, philosophical, and literary pieces and who spent his career at four universities, in three...
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"The Anatomy of Deception" (Bantam Dell Books, 352 pages. $24), by Lawrence Goldstone: For audiences increasingly drawn to "CSI"-type murder mysteries, Lawrence Goldstone reminds them that crime fi...
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When it came to discovering how things worked, William Harvey cut right to the heart of the matter.Literally.He could often be found in his operating room, deftly cutting apart a deer, a chicken, a...
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