William Osler and S. Weir Mitchell correspondence collection, letters. 18-- - 1915

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William Osler and S. Weir Mitchell correspondence collection, letters. 18-- - 1915

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Letters concern book collecting, books being reading, medical activities, libraries, life at Oxford, salmon fishing, the United State Civil War at Gettysburg and their enjoyment of one another's letters and friendship.

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Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

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Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

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Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...