Papers of William Osler, 1893-1939.

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Papers of William Osler, 1893-1939.

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Correspondence forms the bulk of the William Osler papers. These letters are arranged alphabetically by author and span the period from 1893-1939. They include Osler's own correspondence with his former student, C.N.B. Camac, concerning Camac's career and Osler's work. The collection also records the conversations between Osler and the prominent physicians William Sydney Thayer, and Henry Barton Jacobs. Also included are the letters exchanged between Camac, Harvey Cushing, and Lady Grace Revere Gross Osler about William Osler's career and the publishing of his biography. These letters reveal the inner workings of a dedicated scholar and the devotion of his students. Several letters detail the European travels of the Oslers, including postcards from Italy and France and ocean liners such as the Lusitania. Others discuss medical issues ranging from aneurisms to trypanosomiasis and Osler's passion for collecting rare books. There is one folder of miscellaneous correspondence and one letter book of Osler's. One folder includes collected ephemera, mainly newspaper clippings. This material highlights Osler's public persona and medical expertise. A number of obituaries and memorials describe Osler's profound contribution to modern, Western medicine

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Osler, Grace Revere Gross, Lady

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Camac, C. N. B. (Charles Nicoll Bancker), 1868-1940

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Los Angeles county medical association

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Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

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Jacobs, Henry Barton, 1858-1939

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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 ...

Thayer, William Sydney, 1864-1932

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Professor Johns Hopkins Medical School and chairman of the Mission's medical and scientific group. From the description of Papers pertaining to the American Red Cross Mission to Russia [manuscript], 1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829389 William S. Thayer was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1898-1921. From the description of [Collected reprints of William S. Thayer.] 1895-1936 (Houston Academy of Medicine,...

Davis, Egerton Yorrick

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