The Osler Library: A Collection That Represents the Mind of its Collector

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Title
The Osler Library: A Collection That Represents the Mind of its Collector
Abstract
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine was opened in 1929 at McGill University. Sir William Osler (1849-1919), Canada’s most famous medical man of his era, had bequeathed his magnificent library of almost 8,000 historical works on medicine and science to the university. Under the thirty-year reign of its first librarian, Dr. W.W. Francis, the Osler Library is famous for its expanded collection of rare books on the history of the health sciences.
Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Volume
Vol. 119
Issue
no. 12
Pages
1442-1445
Date
December 23, 1978
Language
en
Citation
Gray, Charlotte. “The Osler Library: A Collection That Represents the Mind of Its Collector.” Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol. 119, no. 12 (December 23, 1978): 1442–1445.
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