Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Sir William Osler's Publications

摘要

Dr. Abbott's first classification of Osler's writing, the Canadian period, was printed in 1920. Subsequently the entire bibliography was published as part of the Osler Memorial Volume, 1926, second impression, 1927. Now the list, with further corrections and with an index, is issued separately in a small, convenient volume, which will be a delight to all medical librarians. To those not familiar with the previous issues, it may be noted that thebibliography is divided into seven sections: natural science, pathology, clinical medicine, literary papers, medical education, public welfare and volumes edited. The book is illustrated by two portraits, the Vernon plaque and the Seymour Thomas painting. In a foreword, Henry Barton Jacobs gives the history of the Vernon plaque. Dr. Abbott has wisely omitted the section on "Writings about Osler," which appeared in the Memorial Volume. The material has grown to such proportions in the twenty years since Osler's death that it would overburden the present book. She has given us enough in this volume; the work is good; all praise to the editor, so faithful to the memory of a great man. No medical library can afford to be without one or more copies of this important bibliographical tool.