Title:

Letter from William Osler to Frederick T. Gates [Transcript]

Creator:

Osler, William

Contributor:

Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)

Recipient:

Gates, Frederick T.

Date:

5 March 1902

Description:

Osler writes that North America is still very far behind Germany in the scientific investigations of disease. He believes that the laboratories are imperfectly equipped, that the men in charge have too much teaching to do, that there are not enough assistants, and that there is a shortage of men dedicated to scientific work. He offers to provide Gates with a copy of a summary he wrote on the progress of bacteriological science printed in the New York Sun.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]. About this transcript: Soon after Osler's death in 1919, Lady Osler asked their good friend Dr. Harvey Cushing to write a biography. For this project, Cushing gathered a wide variety of material, including a substantial amount of Osler correspondence and other memorabilia borrowed from Osler's family, friends, and colleagues. He employed three secretaries to transcribe these documents, and later donated the transcripts (along with his other working materials) to the Osler Library. Because many of the original documents were returned to the owners, the Cushing transcripts constitute the largest and most accessible collection of Osler's correspondence.. Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" was published by Oxford University Press in 1925, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1926.

Original Repository:

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Transcripts

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds. 12841

Legacy ID:

GFBBJG

NLM ID:

101743406X130

Profiles Collection:

The William Osler Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X130

Story Section:

"Father of Modern Medicine": The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1889-1905