Letter from William Osler to members of the Board of Governors of Montreal General Hospital
- Contributor(s):
- Montreal General Hospital Osler, William Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds
- Publication:
- Produced: 18 March 1878
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- Osler appeals to unidentified addressee to vote for him to replace Dr. Drake as Attending Physician to the Montreal General Hospital. He lists his accomplishments and professional posts, as well as his contributions to Scientific and Practical Medicine.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]. Soon after Osler's death in 1919, Lady Osler asked their good friend Dr. Harvey Cushing to write a biography. For this project, Cushing gathered a wide variety of material, including a substantial amount of Osler correspondence and other memorabilia borrowed from Osler's family, friends, and colleagues. He employed three secretaries to transcribe these documents, and later donated the transcripts (along with his other working materials) to the Osler Library. Many of the original documents were returned to the owners. The originals that were retained, together with the Cushing transcripts, constitute the largest and most accessible collection of Osler's correspondence.. Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" was published by Oxford University Press in 1925, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1926.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101743406X143 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- GFBBJW
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X143
- Archival Collection:
- The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)