Osler's A Way of Life and Other Addresses, with Commentary and Annotations

Osler Sir William Osler

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Sir William Osler (1849-1919) had a long and distinguished career as a physician and professor at McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Johns Hopkins University, and finally, as the Regius Chair in Medicine at Oxford University. Over the course of his professional life, Osler gave many addresses-mostly to medical students-on medical ethics, medicine and the humanities, the relationship between the medical practitioner and the patient, and, as the titular essay makes clear, on the "way of life" he advocated for the ethical physician. He remains an inspiration to many contemporary medical practitioners; there are active Osler Societies throughout the world. While Osler's talks were frequently published during his lifetime and they have been published individually and in different compilations since his death, none contain the over 1500 annotations that appear here, notes that serve to explain the many philosophical, biblical, historical, and literary allusions contained in Osler's writings.This thoroughly explicated selection of Sir William Osler's writings will be cherished by physicians, medical students, nurses, philosophers, theologians, and ethicists in this-and future-generations.

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• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822383147
• Langue: English
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OSLER’S ‘‘AWAYOFLIFE’’ AND OTHER ADDRESSES, WITHCOMMENTARY AND ANNOTATIONS

Sir William Osler

Shigeaki Hinohara, M.D., and Hisae Niki, M.A.

with a Foreword by John P. McGovern, M.D.

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CONTENTS

Foreword ix Preface xv To the Reader xix Chronology of Sir William Osler’s Life xxi  A Way of Life   Aequanimitas   Sir Thomas Browne  The Old Humanities and the New Science   Doctor and Nurse   Teacher and Student  Physic and Physicians as Depicted in Plato   The Leaven of Science   Teaching and Thinking   Nurse and Patient   Aer Twenty-Five Years   Books and Men   Chauvinism in Medicine   The Master-Word in Medicine   The Hospital as a College   The Fixed Period   The Student Life   Unity, Peace, and Concord   L’envoi   Man’s Redemption of Man  Bed-Side Library for Medical Students  Abbreviations  References 

FOREWORD

M  century and a half aer his birth and eighty years aer his death, Sir William Osler (–) continues to be an icon for the medical profes- sion. He followed a career of accelerating excellence, aer his graduation from McGill University, first in Canada, then in the United States, and finally in Great Britain. In particular, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore his medical ex- pertise made him a leader of the profession and the most sought-aer consultant in North America. He and his colleagues there perfected methods of medical education that continue to be the working model more than a century later. Dr. Hinohara’s brief chronology of Osler’s career succinctly epitomizes his remark- able life. Osler’s influence spread rapidly through his many writings, innovative teaching, and way of life. His medical text,The Principles and Practice of Medi- cine(first edition, ), became the standard for the English-speaking world and, through translations, far beyond. It was this first edition that inspired the creation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. But today it i s his nonscientific books and articles that continue to be read, enjoyed, and otimes to inspire: his message is the practical art of living. One of his cardinal messages is the primacy of being humane, in one’s life and one’s patient-centered medical practice. The practical, everyday utility of his insight and example reaches be- yond the practice of medicine and holds value for all who investigate his words. And it is Osler’s essays that this book celebrates. It does so by presenting them anew to the reading public. But much more than that, it also clarifies the numer- ous literary allusions and metaphors that, a century and more aer they were written, may be unclear to a public that is less at home with the classics of all ages than was the case then.