The Life of Sir William Osler, Volume 1

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SEVERUS Verlag, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 700 pages
William Osler (1849-1919) is widely regarded as one of the most influential physicians of the late 19th and early 20th century and a key figure in the history of medicine. Besides his research activities and his dedicated scientific work, Osler's greatest contribution to the medical world has been the system of residency which he developed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, thus introducing a new and deeply humanistic approach to the strictly scientific realm of traditional medicine. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), a former student and close friend of Osler's and a pioneer of neurosurgery, has himself become an icon of modern medicine. He was one of the first physicians to use x-rays for diagnosing brain tumours, he developed revolutionary methods of blood pressure measurement, and he discovered Cushing's syndrome, the first autoimmune disease identified in a human being. This monumental biography earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1926.

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CHAPTER I
3
CHAPTER IV
70
CHAPTER V
86
CHAPTER VI
120
CHAPTER IX
186
PART II
211
THE UNITED STATES 1884 1905
226
CHAPTER XII
264
CHAPTER XIV
339
CHAPTER XVI
408
CHAPTER XVIII
486
CHAPTER XIX
512
CHAPTER XXI
569
CHAPTER XXII
600
CHAPTER XXIII
626
CHAPTER XXIV
664

CHAPTER XIII
311

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