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William Osler conducting a demonstration in the "Green Room" at Philadelphia General Hospital
Date:
[1887 or 1889]
Description:
Osler is shown seated, wearing a bowler hat. This photograph is produced in John Welsh Croskey's "History of Blockley: A History of the Philadelphia General Hospital from its Inception, 1731-1928". Croskey gives the date as 1887. Osler was a member of the medical staff at Philadelphia Hospital (also known as Blockley) from 1885 to 1889 and was Chair of Clinical Medicine at the Universrity of Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1889.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]
Original Repository:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. William Osler Photo Collection
Original Repository. Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. William Osler Photo Collection. 12787. URL. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/osler/. Free Text. Image Number: CUS_044-001C_P