The Great Physician: A Life Of Sir William Osler

Maker
1. Edith Gittings Reid
2. Oxford University Press
Date
1931
Description
A red hardbound book with gold lettering, and a red, white and blue printed dust jacket. 299 pages. Biography of Sir William Osler. Blurb on front cover "Osler was not only as world famous physician, but he had a magnetic personality. Once met he was never forgotten. As a doctor, his diagnosis was uncanny and his teaching and technique have had the profoundest influence on American medicine. The life of Osler, a source of inspiration to thousands, is here vividly portrayed." Donated by Deborah Wilson, was part of the estate of her grandfather Dr. Charles William Edgar Wilson, who studied medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1943, and his father W.E Wilson, who studied from 1903-1907.
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Object detail

Date
Medium
paper, ink
Measurements
20.8 x 24.4 x 3.3 cm
Accession Number
MHM2014.23
Credit line
Gift of Deborah Wilson, 2014
Object Type
Medical History Museum Category

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