Who is William Osler

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". Osler was a person of many interests, who in addition to being a physician, was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker. Outside of medicine, he was passionate about medical libraries and medical history and among his achievements were the founding of the History of Medicine Society (formally ...
Read Full Biography of William Osler


William Osler Poems

Read All Poems


Top 10 most used topics by William Osler




William Osler Quotes

Read All Quotes


Comments about William Osler

Global_advisors: quote: william osler -
Marcwilson10000: quote: william osler -
Bye59950: to talk of diseases is a sort of arabian nights entertainment.,william osler,disease, humor, medicine, science,
Stephen_groner: to have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. sir william osler
Longwoodsjobs: clinical manager, laboratory - william osler health system, brampton, on
Read All Comments


Write your comment about William Osler


Poem of the day

Elizabeth Stoddard Poem
The Tryst
 by Elizabeth Stoddard

Impelled by memory in a wayward mood,
Reluctant, yearning, with a faithless mind,
I sought once more a long neglected spot,
A wooded upland bordered by the sea,
Whose tides were swirling up the reedy sands,
Or floating noiseless in the yellow marsh.
My way was wild. The winds, awaking, smote
My face, but as I passed a ruined wall
...

Read complete poem

Popular Poets