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THOMAS J. SULLIVAN, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1960;82(4):487-494.

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"But when you have seen, read. And when you can, read the original descriptions of the masters, who, with crude methods of study, saw so clearly."

—Sir William Osler

At a meeting of the Johns Hopkins Medical Faculty, Professor William H. Welch said of Sir William Osler that he was, "beyond peradventure, the greatest physician of his time".¹ His fame was not the effect of any isolated quality or achievement, but the resultant of a remarkable complex—eminence in bedside medicine, original accomplishment in science, dedicated medical teaching, contributions to medical literature and history, and the origination of many novel views and aphorisms. He was a publicist, a classicist, and a scholar; a friend and mentor to patients, pupils, and colleagues alike.

No modern writer has contributed so much to the task of bringing the study of medicine to a scientific, orderly form as Sir William Osler, exercising a deeper . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Montreal, Canada

From Division of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, (Eugene M. Farber, M.D., Director.)

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 11, 1960.

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