Includes bibliographical references (page 291) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Charles G. Roland -- Preface / Mark E. Silverman, T. Jock Murray, and Charles S. Bryan -- William Osler at 150: an overview of a life / Richard L. Golden -- 1: Personal qualities -- Ideals and character -- Equanimity and detachment -- Philosophy, goals, blessings -- Charitableness, speech, the press -- Time management and work ethic -- 2: The art and practice of medicine -- The art of medicine and counseling the patient -- The practice of medicine -- Financial and material interests of practice -- 3: The medical profession -- The medical profession -- Medical societies -- The doctor -- The specialists -- The nurse -- 4: Diagnosis -- Examination -- Diagnosis -- Note-taking -- 5: Disease, specific illnesses, lifestyle, drugs -- Disease -- Specific illnesses -- Lifestyle -- Drugs and pharmeceutical companies -- 6: Medical education -- The medical student -- Education -- Reading, books, libraries -- Examinations -- The university -- Teachers and teaching -- 7: Men and women, aging, history -- Men and women -- Aging and "the fixed period" -- History -- 8: Science and truth -- Science -- Truth -- 9: Faith, religion, melancholy, death -- Faith and religion -- Melancholy and death -- An Osler chronology / Mark E. Silverman -- Frequently cited sources -- Index.
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