Osler's Autopsies: Their Nature and Utilization

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Osler's Autopsies: Their Nature and Utilization
Abstract
Sir William Osler (1849-1919) performed 786 autopsies while pathologist to the Montreal General Hospital from 1876 to 1884. This represents approximately 100 autopsies a year, a respectable number for a working pathologist, but a large number for one who was also a physician to the hospital and registrar for and teacher at McGill University's Medical School. The author points out that even more remarkable than the number of autopsies performed by Osler was the extensive use he made of the knowledge derived from them. The author analyzes the type of autopsy performed by Osler and the manifold ways in which he capitalized on his extensive experience in the morgue, including the Pathology Reports of the Montreal General Hospital, presentations before various medical societies, publications of papers, writing of a textbook of medicine, teaching and preparation of museum specimens.
Publication
Medical History
Volume
Vol. 17
Issue
no. 1
Pages
37-48
Date
January 1973
Language
en
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Citation
Rodin, Alvin E. “Osler’s Autopsies: Their Nature and Utilization.” Medical History Vol. 17, no. 1 (January 1973): 37–48. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1081415/?page=1.
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