Review:
"A dutiful social historian, Bliss inquires into Osler's sensitivity to issues of ethnicity, class, and gender." ― Ronald L. Numbers, Science
"Most readers will welcome a biography that is both more manageable in scope and more up to date in its assessment not merely of Osler but also of the bustling and creative medical world of the 19th and early 20th centuries in which he practiced. For a generation of readers whose shared values are so different from Osler's, William Osler: A Life in Medicine is certain to generate a new appreciation of the man and his remarkably diverse achievements."―Gary B. Ferngren, PhD, New England Journal of Medicine
"Bliss gives a well-paced and intellectually fascinating account of Osler's life. He pins down the significant moments in a spectacularly diverse career as a physician and teacher of medicine who did original research on, among other subjects, the components of blood, and wrote in 1892 The Principles and Practice of Medicine, perhaps the most widely read and admired medical textbook of its time."―The New York Review
"This beautifully written detailed account however will no doubt become the classic... True, but this excellent and very readable biography does credit to a great and caring physician and I think Sir William would have been proud of it."―Emery Review
"A well-told, enjoyable, enlightening―and much needed― biography of a giant of medical practice and education...A first-rate biography of a towering medical figure." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Medical historian Bliss has written the authoritative modern biography of the 19-century Canadian physician William Osler...This volume replaces Harvey Cushing's two volume tribute, The Life of William Osler (1956) as the definitive text in the field. Highly recommended...essential."―Library Journal (starred review)
"Thoroughly documented, this is a biography that is pleasurable to read and deserving of a place in virtually every public, college, and medical library."―Booklist
"Eminently readable.... This is the sort of writing that has the air of coming easily off the pen, in spite its scholarly documentation and the enormous wealth of research and erudition hidden between its lines.... A fascinating story about a fascinating man."―Sherwin B. Nuland, The New Republic
"Bliss adroitly captures the turn-of-the-century emergence of modern medicine, which Osler gracefully dominated."―Science News
"An excellent, readable biography written by a true scholar of medical history who knows his man and his material intimately."―Journal of the American Medical Association
About the Author:
Michael Bliss, a professor at the University of Toronto, is an award-winning historian of Canada and of modern medicine. One of his many previous books, The Discovery of Insulin, has been widely recognized as a classic of medical history. Professor Bliss has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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