author
Sir William Osler
1849–1919
Remembered as one of the great reformers of modern medicine, he helped turn bedside teaching and hands-on clinical training into the heart of medical education. His writing and teaching style made him influential far beyond his own era.
4 Audiobooks
The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913
by Sir William Osler
Man's Redemption of Man: A Lay Sermon
by Sir William Osler
The Old Humanities and the New Science
by Sir William Osler
A way of life : An address to Yale students Sunday evening, April 20th, 1913
by Sir William Osler
About the author
Born in Bond Head, Canada West, on July 12, 1849, William Osler became one of the most admired physicians of his time. He studied medicine at McGill University, later taught in Canada and the United States, and went on to become one of the founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Osler is especially known for changing how doctors were trained. He pushed students out of the lecture hall and into close contact with patients, and he is widely associated with the development of the modern medical residency system. His 1892 book The Principles and Practice of Medicine became a leading medical textbook for many years.
Later in life he served as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Across his career, he was praised not only for clinical skill but also for warmth, curiosity, and a deep belief that medicine should be both scientific and humane.