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The persisting Osler, II : selected transactions of the American Osler Society, 1981-1990 / edited by Jeremiah A. Barondess, Charles G. Roland.

Other author/creatorBarondess, Jeremiah A., 1924-
Other author/creatorRoland, Charles G.
Other author/creatorAmerican Osler Society. Meeting.
Format Book and Print
EditionOriginal ed.
Publication InfoMalabar, Fla. : Krieger Pub. Co., 1994.
Descriptionxiii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title Persisting Osler, 2.
Portion of title Persisting Osler, two.
Contents Ethics and humanism -- Our lords, the sick / Albert R. Jonsen -- Percival's medical ethics: the moral philosophy of an eighteenth century gentleman / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- Humanism and ethics in roman medicine: translation and commentary on a text of Scribonius Largus / Edmund D. Pellegrino, Alice A. Pellegrino -- Rx: hope / E.A. Vastyan -- Books -- Osler's legacy: the principles and practice of medicine / Richard L. Golden -- Student's ode to Osler's text: republished with notes / E. Carwile LeRoy, Faith Wallis, Warren A. Sawyer.
Contents On the need for a new biography of Sir William Osler / Charles G. Roland -- Modern version of Osler's bedside library / Robert E. Rakel -- Friends -- Cushing and Osler: the evolution of a friendship / Jeremiah A. Barondess -- Concerning Osler and Agnew: a note on historical discrepancies / Robert Austrian -- Thomas McCrae: a life patterned after Osler / Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. -- Medicine, war and poppies: John McCrae, William Osler / Alvin E. Rodin, Jack D. Key -- Sir William Osler, Sir William Gowers and medical phonography / Thomas A. Horrocks, Richard L. Golden.
Contents Institutions -- Osler-endowed tudor and stuart club / George T. Harrell -- Department of retrospection: The Jefferson Medical College connection: a letter from Sir William Osler / Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. -- Sir William Osler and the Royal Society of Medicine, London / Alex Sakula -- Open arms reviving: can we rekindle the Osler flame / Lord Walton -- Neurology -- Osler and neurology / George C. Ebers -- William Osler and the special field of neurological surgery / Dee James Canale -- Harvey Cushing and pediatric neurosurgery / Dee James Canale, Lawrence D. Longo.
Contents Miscellaneous topics -- William Osler's departure from North America: the price of success / W. Bruce Fye -- Oslers' son: Revere / George T. Harrell -- William Osler's experiences with smallpox / William B. Spaulding -- William Osler and Arthur Conan Doyle versus the antivivisectionists: some lessons from history for today / Jack D. Key, Alvin E. Rodin -- Sir William Osler, ageism and the fixed period: a secret revealed / Steven L. Berk -- Osler's brain and related mental matters / Alvin E. Rodin, Jack D. Key.
Contents From Osler to Olafson: the evolution of veterinary pathology in North America / Leon Z. Saunders -- James M. Barry, M.D.: inspector general of hospitals: man or woman / Earl F. Nation.
General note"A selection from presentations at the annual meetings of the American Osler Society."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 93023472
ISBN089464856X (alk. paper)

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