My first reaction on reading the article by Persaud and colleagues1 was to defend Dr. Osler's
racist statements, made in a different era, over 100 years ago. After all, I thought, no one can …

To the Authors: My first reaction on reading this article was to defend the racist statements
made by Dr. Osler, in a different era, over a hundred years ago. After all, I thought, no one …

This remark by William Osler (1849–1919), delivered in an address to the British Medical
Association in Montréal on Sept. 1, 1897, 1 is relevantly lacking in a recent CMAJ article by …

In an era when cries of “Lock her up” can rile a crowd to frenzy, it is the duty of a responsible
editor to ensure that declamatory comment is backed up by academic rigour. It is clear that …

I attempted to verify the racist incidents and statements attributed to Dr. Osler in the article by
Drs. Persaus Butts and Berger but was unable to do so, except those to his satirical …

Tena koutou katoa, I am writing this open letter to all medical professionals in Aotearoa/New
Zealand in response to an incident at a meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and …

Ihad been in practice in the bronx for more than twenty years. Few surprises remained. After
I'd been a family doctor for so much time in an area that had become synonymous with …

Consensus is emerging that the medical community must recognize its complicity in racism.
Such work requires atoning for the exclusion of Black individuals from US medical schools …

E1170 CMAJ| OCTOBER 5, 2020| VOLUME 192| ISSUE 40 magnifies this professional
burden for physician-colleagues of colour who are female, trans, Black or Indigenous. The …

T he health care needs of Ca-nada's natives are receiving more attention than ever before
from the CMA and other organizations. For this second in-stalment of CMAJ's new column …