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A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.

"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past individuals and nations find their noblest inspiration"
Sir William Osler, The Leaven of Science, Philadelphia, May 21st 1894.

Sir William Osler was the most famous physician in the English speaking world at the time of his death in 1919.

Besides a notable tendency to buffoonery, Osler had no especially important talents as a youngling. He was a regular student in many ways but had had the good fortune of being duly influenced by a succession of peculiarly positive personalities. As we trace his life through a revealing 70 years, we witness how a mischievous 'bad boy' from the backwoods in Canada would rise to occupy the most respected chair of medicine in the world.

All throughout his life Osler was apt to adorn himself with the noblest of qualities. A pious priest in the temple of Asclepius, he spoke from both heart and head, and it is the humanising influence of his lectures that continue to quicken the doctors pulse today. The importance of Osler's contributions as an internist, educator, pathologist, historian, and humanist have been well documented. He continues to inspire modern generations of doctors to become good physicians.

This video was made possible through images reproduced from:

The William Osler Photo Collection by McGill Library
The McGill University Archives
The Wellcome Library Images Collection
The National Library of Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania Archives
The William Osler Collection of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
The Osler Niche image is reproduced by permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
The Sir William Osler Collection of the Francis A. Countway Library (#0002497).
St. Budock's Church, Cornwall, England
Google image and Google books.

All quotes given have been methodically sourced and are Osler's own unless stated otherwise. The chief references for these include his main biographies (Cushing and Bliss) and many lectures. The date and place is given for most quotations and especially where this is significant. All dates given have been carefully verified.

The soundtrack for this video ('Going home') was originally produced by Tom Day, a talented musical artist from Melbourne, Victoria.