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    The quotable Osler / edited by Mark E. Silverman, T. Jock Murray, Charles S. Bryan.

    • Title:The quotable Osler / edited by Mark E. Silverman, T. Jock Murray, Charles S. Bryan.
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    • Author/Creator:Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Silverman, Mark E.
      Murray, T. J.
      Bryan, Charles S.
      American College of Physicians (2003- )
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, ©2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
      Medicine--Aphorisms.
    • Medical Subjects: Medicine--Collected Works.
      Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic--Collected Works.
    • Edition:Rev. pbk. ed.
    • Description:xxxvii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 291) and index.
    • ISBN:1934465003
      9781934465004
    • 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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