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Early life. William Osler was born in Bond Head, Canada West ( Ontario ), on July 12, 1849, and raised after 1857 in Dundas, Ontario. He was named William after William of Orange, who won the Battle of the Boyne on July 12, 1690. Osler's mother, who was very religious, prayed that he would become a priest. [8]
Sir William Osler, Baronet was a Canadian physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain and whose book The Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892) was a leading textbook.
Dec 29, 2017 · More than any other single figure, William Osler defined the framework for medicine in the 20th century. His remarkable insights and influence established an approach to bedside medicine that brought the field firmly into the scientific arena for the first time.
- Cranston David
- 2018
Dec 20, 2014 · William Osler (1849–1919) was born in rural Ontario, Canada, the son of an Anglican clergyman. Shaped by boyhood access to a microscope, studies of polyzoa, and later exposures to Sir Thomas Browne, Osler chose medicine.
- Robert E Becker
- 2014
Dec 4, 2019 · A century after his death, Sir William Osler is revered for his efforts to place clinical medicine on a rational foundation, his transformation of graduate medical education, and his attempt to...
- Charles S Bryan, Scott H Podolsky
- 2019
Dec 13, 2007 · Sir William Osler, physician, writer, educator (born 12 July 1849 in Bond Head, Canada West [ Ontario ]; died 29 December 1919 in Oxford, England). Osler was a physician and professor of medicine who helped revolutionize medical education.
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William Osler. 1849-1919. Osler, founding physician-in-chief at Johns Hopkins, was born in a remote part of Ontario known as Bond Head. He spent a year at Trinity College in Ontario before deciding on a career in medicine.
