Sir William Osler; medical humanist.9780788433979 Sir William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian-born physician. He has been called one of the greatest icons of modern medicine and described as the Father of Modern Medicine. (Osler himself thought Avicenna held this honour. ; medical humanist. Leon, Philip W. Heritage Books 2007 170 pages $25.00 Paperback R464 Dr. Osler (1849-1919), the most influential physician of his time, treated Walt Whitman and counted Mark Twain and Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was a painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He was one of the greatest American painters of his time, an innovating teacher, and an uncompromising realist. among his friends. In this collection of 11 essays originally presented at Oslerian gatherings worldwide, Leon (American literature American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in , The Citadel) presents a biographical sketch of the professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities, before examining Osler's humanistic side in his relationships with contemporaries and appreciation of the arts. Despite his friendship with feminist writer Sarah Orne Jewett Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works were set in or near South Berwick, Maine, a declining New England seaport town near the Maine border with New Hampshire. , his attitude toward women in medicine was not as advanced as his other views. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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