The Principles and Practice of Medicine title page 1st edition 1892

''The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine'' is a

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Sir William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of phys ...

. It was first published in 1892 by D. Appleton & Company, while Osler was professor of

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Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

. The book established Osler as the world's leading authority in the teaching of

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. The

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was translated into French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese, and for over 40 years it was the world's most significant medical textbook.Famous Canadian Physicians
at Library and Archives Canada

First edition

Osler dedicated the book to his teachers; William Arthur Johnson,

James Bovell James Bovell (1817–1880) was a prominent Canadian physician, microscopist, educator, theologian and minister. In his youth, he traveled to London to study medicine at Guy's Hospital. There, he was related to Sir Astley Cooper and had Richar ...

and

Robert Palmer Howard The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

. There are 11 sections, preceded by a list of charts and illustrations.

Later years

After 1927, its popularity was succeeded by '' Cecil Textbook of Medicine''. A revised eleventh edition appeared in 1932.

References

External links

First edition of the book, digitized for Archive.org by the University of Toronto
Medical manuals History of medicine 1892 non-fiction books William Osler {{med-book-stub