Title:

Letter from William Osler to Isabel Hampton [Transcript]

Creator:

Osler, William

Contributor:

Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)

Recipient:

Hampton, Isabel

Date:

21 December 1892

Description:

Osler, Dr. Halsted, and Dr. Kelly have been appointed by the Medical Board to make improvements to the nursing department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler is requesting Miss Hampton's, the principal of the Training School for Nurses, advice on the matter.. [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:

GFBBKY

NLM ID:

101743406X166

Profiles Collection:

The William Osler Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X166

Story Section:

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