Everyone knows his name, but no one knows much about him—except a few history of
medicine buffs, and even they are not sure any more whether they know the real man …

William Osler was born in a parsonage in backwoods Canada on July 12, 1849. In a life
lasting seventy years, he practiced, taught, and wrote about medicine at Canada's McGill …

Sir William Osler (Figure 1), whom many consider the greatest physician since Hippocrates,
was born on 12 July 1849, and died on 29 December 1919. Not only was he an outstanding …

Sir William Osler is one of the most admired and honored physicians in the history of
medicine. He influenced the development of medicine in Canada, the United States, and …

Osler (Figure 1) was a deeply learned and most cultured physician who radiated friendship",
He was an enthusiastic teacher and asked that his epitaph should be:" 1 taught students on …

WHATEVER may be said of Sir William Osler in days to come, of his high position in
medicine, of his gifts and versatility, to his contemporaries, love of his fellow-man, utter …

The Myth of William Osler presents a radical re-examination of the philosophies and
practices of a renowned American medical hero. It challenges widely-accepted beliefs about …

William Osler was widely acknowledged to be the most influential physician in the English-
speaking world at the turn of the century. Born in 1849 in Bond Head, Ontario, he was …

With the centennial of William Osler's death approaching, this paper aims to focus on his
contributions to medical history, his ideas about the relevance of this discipline and, last but …

Faculty; and then, after spending nineteen years in the United States and fourteen in Great
Britain, he left his library, papers, and ashes to McGill. The scarcity of Canadian content may …