Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849-1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital, widely regarded as the 'Father of Modern Medicine' for his pioneering work in medical assessment, diagnosis, and education. ALS signed “Wm. Osler,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, personal letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter to "Sir William," in full: "On my return I find your card and the charming little volume which I had not read & which is most useful. I was so glad to meet you again. Could you not come here for a weekend and dine at Ch. Ch. with me & meet a few congenial soulds. I wish your good Manchester men would reprint Crossley's Blackwood and other magazine articles. They would make a volume of good reading. Perhaps they have been republished. I am sending you a little volume which has been prepared by me of my old students—Counsels & Ideals." The letter is affixed to the first free end page of a third impression of Counsels and Ideals: from the Writings of William Osler, published in Oxford by Henry Frowde in 1906, handsomely bound in maroon cloth with gilt decoration. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with irregular toning to the first page of the letter. Book condition: VG/None, with some foxing and a few annotations throughout.
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