Book ReviewBibliotheca Osleriana: A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medicine and science collected, arranged, and annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt., and bequeathed to McGill University.

1970 ◽  
Vol 282 (26) ◽  
pp. 1496-1497
Author(s):  
Charles D. Aring
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
William Osler

scholarly journals Whatever happened to William Osler's library?

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Christopher Lyons ◽  
David S Crawford
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Travel Grant ◽  
William Osler

Sir William Osler bequeathed his library to McGill University in 1919, and the 8000 volumes arrived in Montreal a decade later. Then, as now, the collection consisted of both primary works (rare books) and secondary commentaries, and current works on the history of the health sciences. In the last 80 years, the collection has grown considerably, and the library now adds about 1000 books each year, mainly current publications, and receives 200 current serial titles. The Osler Library, which is one of the largest "history of medicine" libraries in the world and the largest in Canada, tries to collect current material on the history of the health sciences from all over the world and attempts to collect all medical history published in Canada. The Osler offers its resources to researchers through its Web site, publications, and Research Travel Grant program.

scholarly journals The Osler Library of the History of Medicine: Mcgill’s Medical Memory

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Lyons ◽  
David Crawford
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Travel Grant ◽  
Rare Books ◽  
William Osler

Sir william Osler bequeathed his library to Mcgill University in 1919; a decade later, the 8000 volumes arrived in Montreal. Then, as now, the collection consisted of primary works (“rare books”), secondary commentaries, and current works on the history of the health sciences. In the last 80 years the collection has grown considerably and the library now adds about 1,000 books to its collection yearly (mainly current publications) and receives 200 current serial titles. The Osler Library is one of the largest “history of medicine” libraries in the world and the largest of its kind in Canada. The library tries to collect current material on the history of the health sciences from all over the world and attempts to collect all medical history published in Canada. The Osler offers its resources to researchers and students through its website, publications and Research Travel grant programme.

scholarly journals Aims and Approaches in Special Collections Assessment: A Case Study from the Osler Library

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Anna Dysert
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
University Library ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Rare Books

The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, a branch of the McGill University Library in Montreal, Quebec, is a research center for the history of medicine and science with significant rare book and archival holdings. As part of an institutional review launched in 2013, the Osler Library decided to look into methods of collections analysis to compile data about its collections and uncover subject strengths among items, enabling the library to better promote and communicate information about holdings to users, plan for growth, and target collections development. Collections assessment initiatives in rare books and special collections represent the coalescing . . .

Teaching History of Medicine/Healthcare in Residency

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Shorter ◽  
Susan E. Bélanger
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
History Of ◽  
William Osler

The history of medicine has an important role to play in a medical humanities program. Those who lead the history portion of such programs should see their role as building bridges from history to medical practice. One often distinguishes between the “art” and the “science” of medicine. Both are important today, and the art of medicine comes into play in particular in managing patients who have symptoms without lesions. Here there are clear historical lessons, and such greats as William Osler at Johns Hopkins University thought of history as providing guidance in the therapeutic use of the doctor-patient relationship. These lessons are still relevant today: History can open the eyes of medical students and residents to ways of interacting with patients that they do not otherwise learn about.

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