OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
1849 – 1919
45 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1874 CE
#875
An account of certain organisms occurring in the liquor sanguinis.
One of the best early descriptions of the blood platelets was given by Osler. He noticed that white thrombi were almost entirely composed of them.
1877 CE
#3125.2
A case of progressive pernicious anaemia (idiopathic of Addison).
First complete account of pernicious anemia. "In 1877, William Gardner and Osler described a patient who was almost certainly the first with the clinical, hematologic, and pathologic features to leave no doubt it was …
1885 CE
#2790
The Gulstonian Lectures, on malignant endocarditis.
First comprehensive description of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
1886 CE
#13281
On certain problems in the physiology of the blood corpuscles. I. The blood-plaque or third corpuscle; II. Degeneration and regeneration of the corpuscles; III. The relation of the corpuscles to coagulation and thrombosis. The Cartwright Lectures, delivered before the Association of the Alumni of the College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, March 23d, 27th, and 30th, 1886.
"These important lectures, based on original research, begun in 1882 on the blood - plates of Bizzozero (haematoblasts of Hayem), established Osler's reputation as an original investigator. The aggregation of blood pl…
1888 CE
#11271
Hereditary angio-neurotic oedema.
Osler was the first in the English-speaking world to describe what is now called hereditary angioedema. In this paper he presented "an interesting study of the heredity of a case, with a genealogical table" (Golden & …
1889 CE
#11276
The cerebral palsies of children.
Osler's monograph on cerebral palsy helped define this condition. "Osler emphasized the diverse causes of childhood hemiplegia. Osler classified his patients with nonprogressive upper motor neuron dysfunction accordin…
1891 CE
#11911
The opening of the Johns Hopkins Medical School to women. Reprinted from Open Letters in the Century Magazine for February 1891.
A collection of articles by various experts supporting the opening of the planned Johns Hopkins Medical School to women. Contributors included Cardinal Gibbons, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Josephine Lowell, C. F. Folsom, Care…
1892 CE
#2231
The principles and practice of medicine.
Osler’s textbook was the best English work on medicine of its time. He became Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford in 1904. Besides being one of the greatest of all clinicians, he was possessed of a fine liter…
1894 CE
#11652
Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors. Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal.
This 165-page "monograph, based on lectures delivered to the postgraduate class at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1893, includes 67 case reports and 43 illustrations, some of which are photographs that depict patients …
1894 CE
#11273
On chorea and choreiform affections.
"One year after Charcot's death, Osler published On Chorea and Choreiform Affectations (1894), and in this pithy monograph, Osler offered a particularly useful evaluation of Charcot's neurological contributions. Where…
1895 CE
#4121
On the visceral complication of erythema exudativum multiforme.
1897 CE
#11651
Lectures on angina pectoris and allied states.
"This monograph, based on seven lectures Osler delivered at Johns Hopkins, is his longest publication dealing with heart disease. He discusses the history of the recognition of angina, the pathophysiology of coronary …
1897 CE
#11272
Sporadic cretinism in America.
In 1893 Osler was among the first American physicians to use thyroid extract to treat myxedema or cretinism. He made a special study of the disease, corresponding with physicians across America to try to determine its…
1900 CE
#11289
Cancer of the stomach: A clinical study.
This was Osler's first collaboration with Thomas McCrae. Osler and McCrae reviewed 150 cases of cancer of the stomach seen at Johns Hopkins in an encyclopedic fashion. Surgery was often recommended for definitive diag…
1901 CE
#2711
On a family form of recurring epistaxis, associated with multiple telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes.
“Rendu–Osler–Weber disease.” Multiple hereditary telangiectasis was first described by Legg (No. 2707) in 1876 and later by Rendu (No. 2710) and Weber (No. 2714). Reprinted in Medical Classics,…
1903 CE
#3073
Chronic cyanosis, with polycythaemia and enlarged spleen: a new clinical entity.
When describing polycythemia with cyanosis, Osler thought it a new entity, but later acknowledged the priority of Vaquez’s description (No. 3070). Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1939, 4,254-75.
1904 CE
#7206
Aequanimitas with other addresses to medical students, nurses and practitioners of medicine.
A compilation of 19 addresses given by Osler in various settings. These include many of Osler's most famous essays concerning the philosophical and moral foundations of medicine. Osler wrote, "we are here not to get a…
1907 CE–1910 CE
#11290
Modern medicine, its theory and practice. In original contributions by American and foreign authors. Edited by William Osler, assisted by Thomas McCrae. 7 vols.
Osler contributed six chapters to this massive system of medicine: "The Evolution of Internal Medicine", "Diseases of the Arteries," "Aneurism," "Raynaud's Disease," "Diffuse Scleroderma," "Angioneurotic Oedema." Osle…
1908 CE
#6722
An Alabama student, and other biographical essays.
This collection of biographical essays includes most of Osler's famous writings in this category, with the exception of his essay on Michael Servetus. (Copies were also issued with a New York and a Toronto imprint.) D…
1908 CE–1909 CE
#2827
Chronic infectious endocarditis.
The tender subcutaneous nodes in subacute bacterial endocarditis (“Osler’s nodes”) were first observed by Osler in 1888, and reported in 1909. This paper is the first definite clinical description of…
1909 CE
#11224
Remarks on the medical library in post-graduate work.
In this speech given by Osler as President of the Medical Library Association Osler spoke first about the essential value for practicing physicians of institutional medical libraries run by professional librarians, an…
1910 CE
#12188
The faith that heals.
Perhaps Osler's most significant discussion of "faith" and faith healing. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link. The same journal issue also contains Clifford Albutt's "Reflections on faith healing," pp. 1…
1917 CE
#11277
Illustrations of the bookworm.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1919 CE
#3136
Observations on the severe anaemias of pregnancy and the post-partum state.
Osler described his four-part classification of anemias of pregnancy: anemia from post-partum hemorrhage, severe anemia of pregnancy, post-partum anemia, and the acute anemia of post-partum sepsis. This was Osler's la…
1919 CE
#13372
The old humanities and the new science. An address before the Classical Association, Oxford, May 16th, 1919.
"Osler became a 'despairing optimist' after World War I, in which he lost his son. He closed his last public address, given in May 1919 on “The Old Humanities and the New Science,” with the hope that throu…
1920 CE–1924 CE
#13463
McGill Library. William Osler Letter Index.
https://osler-letters.library.mcgill.ca/about "About the William Osler Letter Collection "Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is one of the most renowned and respected physicians in medical history. Born in Bond Head, Ontar…
1921 CE
#6414
The evolution of modern medicine. A series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913.
The final text of these lectures, which Osler characterized as "an aeroplane flight over the progress of medicine through the ages," remained unfinished at Osler’s death, and Osler requested in his will that thi…
1923 CE
#6769
Incunabula medica. A study of the earliest printed medical books, 1467-1480.
Bibliographical Society Publication. Based on Osler’s presidential address to the Bibliographical Society in 1914, with minor editing for posthumous publication by Archibald Malloch and W. W. Francis. Introducti…
1925 CE
#11006
The life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols.
Cushing received the Pulitzer Prize for this masterful biography, which remains the essential account of Osler's life, work, and selections from his correspondence. Cushing donated his very extensive research material…
1927 CE
#2856
Congenital cardiac disease by Maude Abbott. IN: Modern medicine: Its theory and practice, edited by Sir William Osler, assisted by Thomas McCrae. 3rd ed., 4, 612-812.
1929 CE
#6772
Bibliotheca Osleriana. A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medicine and science, collected, arranged and annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and bequeathed to McGill University. [Edited by . W. W. Francis, R. H. Hill, Leonard Mackall, and Archibald Malloch.]
This bibliography of over 7,500 titles, edited by W. W. Francis, R. H. Hill, Leonard Mackall, and Archibald Malloch, is the catalogue of Osler’s magnificent library. For it Osler wrote an unfinished Introduction…
1967 CE
#11270
Osler's textbook revisited: Reprint of selected sections with commentaries. Edited by A. McGehee Harvey and Victor A. McKusick.
Reprint with modern commentary of selected sections of the 7th edition of Osler's Principles and practice of medicine (New York, 1909), which was the last edition that Osler prepared without the help of Thomas McCrae.…
1974 CE
#8758
The Baglivi correspondence from the library of Sir William Osler. Edited by Dorothy Schullian.
Sir William Osler wrote to S. Weir Mitchell in 1908, "I buy a few good things now and again. I had a find last week, 140 original letters to Baglivi, 17th century ‑ from Redi, Malpighi, Pitcairn, Bellini, and the famo…
1981 CE
#10990
Oslerian pathology: An assessment and annotated atlas of museum specimens.
Covers the 55 remaining specimens of pathological preparations by William Osler preserved at McGill University. The book is divided into 4 sections: A: presentation and discussion of those aspects of Osler's activitie…
1985 CE
#8883
The collected essays of Sir William Osler. 3 vols. Edited by John P. McGovern and Charles G. Roland.
Vol. 1: The philosophical essays. Vol. 2: The educational essays. Vol. 3: The historical and biographical essays.
1985 CE
#8882
William Osler's collected papers on the cardiovascular system. Edited by W. Bruce Fye.
Includes a previously unpublished essay by Maude Abbott, "Osler's contributions to our knowledge of heart disease."
1986 CE
#11635
The life and letters of Dr. Henry Vining Ogden, 1857-1931 by Leonard Weistrop.
Ogden was one of William Osler's closest life-long friends and correspondents. Weistrop was able to find and reproduce 334 letters between Ogden, Osler, and Cushing.
1988 CE
#11197
Sir William Osler: An annotated bibliography with illustrations. Edited by Richard L. Golden and Charles G. Roland.
This was my first effort as a publisher. I was responsible for the illustrations, the captions, and for chosing the appendices - JMN. Richard Golden issued an Addenda to this bibliography in 1997.
1999 CE
#13589
The saint.
https://newrepublic.com/article/116863/sherwin-nuland-william-osler One of the best late 20th century summaries of Osler's life and significance in the form of a review of Michael Bliss's Sir William Osler: A life in …
1999 CE
#11278
The works of Egerton Yorrick Davis, MD, Sir William Osler's alter ego. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Richard L. Golden.
1999 CE
#11029
William Osler: A life in medicine.
The most significant biography of Sir William Osler since Harvey Cushing's work published in 1925.
2002 CE
#13633
"Dearest G ...Yours WO." William Osler's letters from Egypt to Grace Revere Osler. Edited by Lawrence D. Long and Philip M. Teigen.
2004 CE
#11286
A history of William Osler's The principles and practice of medicine by Richard L. Golden. (Osler Library Studies in the History of medicine No. 8).
This 267-page work is a definitive bibliographical history of Osler's classic textbook.
2010 CE
#11662
Osler's bedside libraries: Great writers who inspired a great physician. Edited by Michael A. LaCombe and David J. Elpern.
2020 CE
#12042
Sir William Osler: An encyclopedia. Edited by Charles S. Bryan.
The definitive reference on Sir William Osler, his life, his times, his friends, and his influence. Osler was voted "the most influential physician in history" in a 2016 survey of North American doctors, but his inter…