THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER, Vol II

Written in 1924 by Harvey Cushing, MD

An epic telling of the birth of modern clinical medicine, by those who lived it.

Winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for biography!

William Osler was one of the big four founding fathers of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and later became the Regis Professor of Medicine at Oxford. But this acclaimed physician was so much more. This is a remarkable story.

An amazingly detailed look at the life of a gentleman and illustrious physician of the 19th century. An intimate tell of medical history during a time it moved from its rudiments of 3,000 years to the foundations of modern practice. And Williams Osler, the preeminent physician of his day and the father of modern clinical medicine seems to have been at the heart of it all.

Vol II picks up the story at the beginning of Osler's term as the Regis Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Over the next 14 years, he will use all he has learned about humanity and medicine in his previous 55 years of life to move medicine into a new century and a new age, to bring public health to the forefront, and to move medical education from the pages of books to the hospital wards and clinics. He will reach the highest pinnacles of the medical profession, indeed among men of any rank, and then, amidst the greatest war ever fought to that moment in all human history, he will experience the greatest loss a parent can endure.

This biography is written by another esteemed physician, Harvey Cushing, the father of modern neurosurgery. The two volumes together are 60 hours long.

This is a fascinating, intimate look at the greatest period of discovery in medical history, with remembrances of the likes of Walt Whitman, Virchow, Pasteur, Sydenham, Lister, Koch, and many, many others.

This makes a great gift for that medical man or woman in your life. Listen now!

This book is read by Edison McDaniels, MD

The entire two-volume narration is 60 hours long and a treasure trove of information.

Edison McDaniels is himself a physician and surgeon, as well as an accomplished audiobook narrator.