Sir William Osler (1849–1919): Physician,Teacher,Historian,Biographer,Bibliophile

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Cushing H. The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

Browne T. Hydriotaphia. In: Sir Thomas Browne. The Major Works. London: Penguin Books, 1977:313.

Franklin AW . Osler – the man. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:73.

Walton JN . A great physician. Durham Univ Med Gaz 1944; 1:64–7.

McIntyre N. Osler and medical education. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:16.

Osler W. Christmas and the microscope. Hardwicke's Science Gossip 1869:44.

Arnold M. Rugby Chapel. In: Allott M Super RH , eds. Matthew Arnold. Oxford: University Press, 1986:220–6.

Carlyle T. Signs of the times. In: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. London: Chapman and Hall, 1899: Vol 2,56.

Barnes CH . Osler and ophthalmology. Doc Ophthalmol 1990; 74:1–8.

Osler W. An account of certain organisms occurring in the liquor sanguinis. Proc R Soc Lond (Biol) 1873–74; 22:391–8.

Osler W. The Gulstonian lectures on malignant endocarditis. BMJ 1885;i:467–70,522–6,577–9.

Levy DM . Centenary of William Osler's 1885 Gulstonian lectures and their place in the history of bacterial endocarditis. J R Soc Med 1985; 78:1039–46.

Osler W. Aequanimitas. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co, 1904:3–11.

Osler W. The Principles and Practice of Medicine. New York: D Appleton and Co, 1892.

Osler Spector B. : An exemplar of litterae, scientia, praxis and doctrina. Bull Hist Med 1949; 23:378–86.

Fye WB . William Osler's departure from North America. The price of success. N. Engl J Med 1989; 320:1425–31 and 1990; 321:1199.

Harrell GT . Osler's practice. Bull Hist Med 1973; 47:545–68.

Golden RL . Sir William Osler's angina pectoris and other disorders. Am J Cardiol 1987; 60:175–8.

Osler W. The Fixed Period. In Aequanimitas. 2nd edn. London: H K Lewis, 1910:391–411.

Trollope A. The Fixed Period. A Novel. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1990.

Hall NJ . Trollope. A Biography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991:484–7.

Cushing H. The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925:Vol 1,665–70.

Bibliotheca Osleriana. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929:494.

Keynes G. The Oslerian tradition. BMJ 1968,iv:599–604.

Roland CG . The infamous William Osler. JAMA 1965; 193:436–8.

Briggs A. Doctors and historians. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1990; 24:324.

Weisse AB . Osler, aging and the late twentieth century. J Chron Dis 1977; 30:473–5.

Berk SL . Sir William Osler, ageism, and “The Fixed Period”. J Am Geriatr Soc 1989; 37:263–6.

Viets HR . William Osler and “The Fixed Period”. Bull Hist Med 1962; 36:368–70.

Bean WB . The Fixed Period. In: McGovern JP Burns CR , eds. Humanism in Medicine. Springfield: Charles C Thomas; 1973:55–7.

Donne J. Biathanatos. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1984:62.

Francis WW . Osler and the reporters. Can Med Assoc J 1949; 61:68–9.

Osler W. Sir Thomas Browne. BMJ 1905;ii:993–8.

Bristol Med Chir J 1905; 23:380–2.

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Osler W. Dover Thomas . Physician and buccaneer. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1896; 7:1–6.

Nixon JA Dover Thomas . Physician and merchant adventurer. Bristol Med Chir J 1909; 27:31–40.

Osler W. Robert Fletcher. Bristol Med Chir J 1912; 30:289–94.

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Nixon JA . Sir William Osler. BMJ 1920;i:66–7.

Osler W. The growth of truth as illustrated in the discovery of the circulation of the blood. BMJ 1906;ii:1077–84.

James DG . Postgraduate medicine and personalities — 1925. Postgrad Med J 1985; 61:861–4.

Sherrington C. Osler at Oxford. BMJ 1949;ii:43–5.

Osler centenary celebrations at Oxford. Lancet 1949;ii:168–9.

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MacNalty AS . Sir William Osler. BMJ 1949;ii:41–3.

Brain R. Osler and medicine today. In: Doctors Past and Present. London: Pitman, 1964:204.

BMJ 1909;ii:1370.

Osler W. The nation and the tropics. Lancet 1909;ii:1401–6.

Osler W. The Lumleian lectures on angina pectoris. Lancet 1910;i:697–702,839–44,973–7.

Osler W. The library of Robert Burton. Trans Bibliogr Soc 1909; 11:4–7.

Osler W. Incunabula Medica. Oxford: University Press, 1923:1–31.

Osler W. Creators, transmuters and transmitters as illustrated by Shakespeare, Bacon and Burton. In: A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:1–7.

Osler W. The old humanities and the new science. BMJ 1919;ii:1–7. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:8–33.

Lancet 1919;ii:115.

Contributions to Medical and Biological Research Dedicated to Sir William Osler in Honour of his 70th Birthday by his Pupils and Co-workers. New York: Paul B Hoebner, 1919.

Feindel W. Osler's brain again. Osler Libr Newsl 1990; 64:1–3.

Osler W. Aequanimitas. Philadelphia: P Blakiston's Son & Co, 1904:389.

Montaigne. Essays. London: Penguin Books, 1958.

Plutarch. London: Penguin Books, 1960.

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Oxford: University Press, 1990.

Epictetus. The Encheiridion. In: Epictetus. Transl Oldfather WA. London: William Heinemann, 1928: Vol 2,479–537.

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Holmes Wendell O. The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. London: Grant Richards, 1904.

Osler W. Sir Thomas Browne. BMJ 1905;ii:993–8.

Johnson S. The life of Sir Thomas Browne. In: Sir Thomas Browne. The Major Works. London: Penguin Books, 1977:486.

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A regius professor's lay sermons. BMJ 1905;i:1391–2.

Keynes G. The Oslerian tradition. BMJ 1968;iv:599–604.

Rakel RE . Modern version of Osler's bedside library. Perspect Biol Med 1988; 31:577–85.

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Osler W. Aequanimitas. Philadelphia: P Blakiston's Son & Co, 1904.

Osler W. Aequanimitas. 2nd edn. London: HK Lewis, 1910.

The Student Life and Other Essays by Sir William Osler. London: Constable, 1928.

A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950.

Roland CG , ed. Sir William Osler 1849–1919. A Selection for Medical Students. Toronto: Clarke Irwin & Co Ltd, 1982.

Osler W. Science and Immortality. The Ingersoll Lecture. London: Constable, 1904. The Student Life. London: Constable, 1928:1–46.

Osler W. The Masterword in Medicine. In: Aequanimitas. Philadelphia: P Blakiston's Son & Co, 1904:365–88. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1904; 15:1–7.

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Roland CG . The Master-Word in Medicine. A Study in Rhetoric. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1972.

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Counsels and Ideals from the Writings of William Osler. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1905.

The Quiet Art. A Doctor's Anthology. Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone, 1958.

White W. The biographical essays of Sir William Osler and their relation to medical history. Bull Hist Med 1939; 7:28–48.

Osler W. Jean Anstruc and the higher criticism. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:151–2.

Osler W. A Rhode Island philosopher (Elisha Bartlett) Boston. Med Surg J 1900; 142:49–53,77–82. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:108–58.

Osler W. An Alabama Student (JY Bassett). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:1–18. An Alabama student (JY Bassett). Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1896; 7:6–11.

Beaumont William Osler W. A backwood physiologist. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:1136–8. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:126–51. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:159–88.

John Osler W. Shaw Billings. Can Med Assoc J 1913; 3:613–16.

Osler W. George Bodington. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:526–7.

Osler W . Sir Thomas Browne. BMJ 1905;ii:993–8. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:40–61. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:248–77.

Burton John Osler W. (Dr. Slop). Can Med Assoc J 1913; 3:612–13.

Osler W. Burton Robert . The man, his book, his library. In: A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:65–99.

Osler W. The works of John Caius, MD. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:1034–6.

Osler W. Jean-Martin Charcot. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1893; 4:87–8.

Osler W. Thomas Dover. Physician and buccaneer. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1896; 7:1–6. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:19–36.

Osler W. Robert Fletcher. Can Med Assoc J 1913; 3:227–8. Bristol Med Chir J 1912; 30:289–94.

Osler W. Austin Flint. Can Med Surg J 1886; 14:571–4.

Osler W. Fracastorius. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:278–94.

Osler W. Harvey and his discovery. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:295–334. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:205–36. BMJ 1906;ii:1077–84.

Osler W. An incident in the life of Harvey. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:246–7.

John Osler W. Hewetson. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1910; 21: 357.

Oliver Osler W. Wendell Holmes. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1894; 5:85–8. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:55–67.

Keats John Osler W. The apothecary poet. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1896; 7:11–16. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:37–54.

Osler W. The young Laennec. Can Med Assoc J 1913; 3: 137–40. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950: 152–5.

Osler W. Letters of Laennec. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:247–8.

Osler W . Dr Jesse W Lazear. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1904; 15:387–9.

Osler W. Thomas Linacre. Cambridge: University Press, 1908.

Osler W. The funeral of Lord Lister. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:343–4.

John Osler W. Locke as a physician. Lancet 1900;ii:1115–23. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:68–107.

Osler W. The influence of Louis on American medicine. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1897; 8:161–7. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:189–210.

Osler W. Weir Mitchell. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1889–90; 1:64.

Osler W. The “Phthisiologia” of Richard Morton MD. Med Libr & Hist J 1904; 2:1–7.

Osler W. Pasteur. In: Vallery-Radot R. The Life of Pasteur. London: Constable, 1911: ix–xx.

Patin Gui Osler W. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950: 62–4. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:429–30.

Osler W. Dr Payne's library. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:248–9.

Osler W. William Pepper. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:211–31.

Osler W . John Radcliffe. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1906; 17:163–5.

Osler W. Michael Servetus. Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1910; 21:1–11. A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler. New York: Dover Publications, 1950:100–125.

Osler W. Nathan Smith. Can Med Assoc J 1914; 4:1109–11.

Osler W. Nicolaus Steno. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:67–8.

Osler W. Alfred Stillé Univ Venn Med Bull 1902; 15: 126–32. An Alabama Student. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908:232–47.

Osler W. Rudolf Virchow. The man and the student. Boston Med Surg J 1891; 125:425–7.

Osler W. Samuel Wilks. Can Med Assoc J 1912; 2:70–1.

Osler W. Jaques Benigne Winslow. Can Med Assoc J 1913; 3:319–21.

Osler W. The Evolution of Modern Medicine. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921.

Singer C. Osler: Some personal recollections. BMJ 1949; ii:46–7.

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Smith C. The Tudor and Stuart collection. Osler Libr Newsl 1991; 67:1–2.

Teigen PM . William Osler as medical hero. An essay review. Bull Hist Med 1986; 60:573–6.

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Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1919; 30:185–233.

Osler William Sir Memorial Number. Can Med Assoc J 1920:9–123.

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Abbott ME , ed. Sir William Osler Memorial Number. Toronto: Murray Printing Co. Limited, 1926.

BMJ 1949;ii:41–8,64–5.

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Johns Hopk Hosp Bull 1949; 85:1–73.

Bull Hist Med 1949; 23:319–86.

JAMA 1969; 210:2213–71.

Reid EG . The Great Physician. A Short Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: University Press, 1931.

Bert WR . Osler: The Man and the Legend. London: William Heinemann, 1951.

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Sakula A. The Portraiture of Sir William Osler. London: Royal Society of Medicine, 1991.

Wheeler HB . Shattuck Lecture. Healing and heroism. N Engl J Med 1990; 322:1540–48.

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Franklin AW . Osler transmitted. A study in humanism. Med Hist 1972; 16:99–112.

Knight JA . The relevance of Osler for today's humanity oriented medical student. In: McGovern JP Burns CR , eds. Humanism in Medicine. Springfield: Charles C Thomas; 1973:90–8.

Burr CW . Sir William Osler as a man of letters. Am J Med Sci 1920; 159:625–30.

White W. Sir William Osler's literary investigations. J Hist Med Allied Sci 1947; 2:179–97.

Bett WR . The Republic of Letters. In: Osler: The Man and the Legend. London: William Heinemann, 1951:102–5.

Wallis F. The literary styles of Sir William Osler. Osler Libr Newsl 1986; 51:1–3.

Osler McMichael J. : The textbook and education in medicine. Can Med Assoc J 1948; 58:84–9.

Hubble D. William Osler and medical education. J R Coll Physicians Land 1975; 9:269–78.

McIntyre N. Osler and medical education. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:16–23.

Bean WB . Osler's clinical teaching. In: Barondess JA McGovern JP Roland CG , eds. The Persisting Osler. Selected Transactions of the First Ten Years of the American Osler Society. Baltimore: University Park Press; 1985:91–7.

Rogers FB . William Osler: Teacher. In: Barondess JA McGovern JP Roland CG , eds. The Persisting Osler. Selected Transactions of the First Ten Years of the American Osler Society. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1985:99–103.

Streeter EC . Osler as a bibliophile. Boston Med Surg J 1920; 182:335–8.

Bett WR . The Bibliophil. In: Osler. The Man and the Legend. London: William Heinemann, 1951:106–13.

Payne LM . Osler as a bibliophile. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:38–47.

Edelstein L. William Osler's philosophy. Bull Hist Med 1946; 20:270–93.

Inlow WD . The medical man as philosopher. An examination of the pragmatism of William Osler. Bull Hist Med 1964; 38:199–225.

James W. Pragmatism. A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. London: Longmans Green & Co, 1908.

Futcher PH . William Osler's religion. Arch Intern Med 1961; 107:475–9.

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Roland CG . Osler's rough edge. Ann Intern Med 1974; 81:690–2.

Robb-Smith AHT . Osler's sense of humour. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:48–67.

Tigertt WD . An annotated life of Egerton Yorrick Davis: An intimate of Sir William Osler. J Hist Med Allied Sci 1983; 38:259–97.

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Gwyn W. The boyhood of William Osler. In: Sir William Osler Memorial Number. Can Med Assoc J 1920:24–7.

Blackader AD . Montreal days. In: Sir William Osler Memorial Number. Can Med Assoc J 1920:28–34.

Packard FR . William Osler in Philadelphia. Arch Intern Med 1949; 84:18–25.

Barker LF . Osler in America with especial reference to his Baltimore period. Can Med Assoc J 1935; 33:353–9.

Malloch A. Sir William Osler at Oxford. In: Sir William Osler Memorial Number. Can Med Assoc J 1920:51–65.

Gardner AD . Some recollections of Sir William Osler at Oxford. JAMA 1969; 210:2265–7.

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Harrell GT . The Osler family. JAMA 1982; 248:203–9.

Francis WW . The Osler family. BMJ 1949;ii:45–6.

Radbill SX . William Osler as a patron of pediatrics. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1978; 17:521–6.

Cooke AM . William Osler and the Royal College of Physicians of London. In: Oslerian Anniversary. Osler Club of London. Oxford: University Press, 1976:1–8.

Abbott ME . Osler's publications with special reference to heart disease. Can Med Assoc J 1934; 30:556–7.

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Brodin MB . William Osler and dermatology, pathology and dermatopathology. Am J Dermatopathol 1981; 3:261–4.

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McHugh PR . William Osler and the new psychiatry. Ann Intern Med 1987; 107:914–18.

Farrar CB . I remember Osler, psychotherapist. Am J Psychiatry 1965; 121:761–2.

Rucker MP . Sir William Osler's obstetrical interests. Bull Hist Med 1952; 26:153–60.

Rodin AE . Contributions of William Osler to our knowledge of respiratory disease. Chest 1978; 74:85–7.

Robb-Smith AH . Osler's influence on haematology. Blood Cells 1981; 7:513–36.

Conley CL . Osler as an experimental haematologist. In: Barondess JA McGovern JP Roland CG , eds. The Persisting Osler. Selected Transactions of the First Ten Years of the American Osler Society. Baltimore: University Park Press; 1985:169–72.

McKusick VA . Osler as a medical geneticist. In: Barondess JA McGovern JP Roland CG , eds. The Persisting Osler. Selected Transactions of the First Ten Years of the American Osler Society. Baltimore: University Park Press; 1985:153–68.

Ebers GC . Osler and neurology. Can J Neurol Sci 1985; 12:236–42.

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