I was delighted to see in the Jan. 11 issue of CMAJ not only a dedicated cover but also several pertinent articles celebrating the 100th anniversary of CMAJ.1–3 The cover photo of Sir William Osler is incredible. I wonder how many of the students in that amphitheatre can be identified?
Special thanks are owed to Cindy L. Stelmackowich, who discovered and submitted the cover photo of Osler teaching students at a clinic at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal in 1906.
To date, although we have seen a number of incredibly outstanding Canadian researchers and physicians, no one has really replaced Sir William on an international basis. What a legacy!