Sir William Osler : the man and his books / edited by William Feindel, Elizabeth Maloney, Pamela Miller.

Date:
2011
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Publication/Creation

Montreal, Quebec : Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University, 2011.

Physical description

vii, 143 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes

Essays based on presentations from a symposium held in Sept. 1999 celebrating the 150th anniversary of Osler's birth and the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Osler library. Cf. Foreword.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sir William's "astral self" : origins of the Osler Niche in the Osler Library / by William Feindel and Wayne LeBel -- Osler and Francis : creating the Bibliotheca Osleriana / by Peter F. McNally, Glenn Brown and Nicolas Savard -- Some noteworthy Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Osler Library, McGill University / by Adam Gacek -- A monumental source for the history of medicine : the Paris inaugural theses at the Osler Library / by Toby Gelfand -- Archives and artifacts at the Osler Library / by Pamela Miller -- Three who made an association : Sir William Osler, 1849-1919, George Milbry Gould, 1848-1922, Margaret Ridley Charlton, 1858-1931, and the founding of the Medical Library Association / by Frances K. Groen.

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    History of Medicine
    YHY.55
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  • 9780771707094
  • 0771707096