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28 entries published in this place.

1885 CE

#10192

Notes on diseases among the Indians frequenting York Factory, Hudson's Bay. Read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Montreal, February, 1885.

Mathews was a surgeon employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. "York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) located on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba…

1886 CE

#12269

Outlines of lectures on physiology, with an introductory chapter on general biology, and an appendix containing laboratory exercises in practical physiology.

Mills, a student of Osler, became the first professional physiologist in Canada. This outline of his lectures is probably the first Canadian physiology textbook. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1886 CE

#10191

The "medicine-man"; or, Indian and Eskimo notions of medicine. Reprinted from the "Canada Medical and Surgical Journal" for March and April, 1886.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1891 CE

#11633

Notes on the practice of medicine.

This was Howard's only book. Osler, in his anonymous obituary of his mentor R. Palmer Howard (1823-1889), wrote, "As a teacher of medicine for thirty-three years, Dr. Howard enjoyed a unique reputation in his own coun…

1920 CE–1924 CE

#13463

McGill Library. William Osler Letter Index.

https://osler-letters.library.mcgill.ca/about "About the William Osler Letter Collection "Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is one of the most renowned and respected physicians in medical history. Born in Bond Head, Ontar…

1931 CE

#11026

History of medicine in the province of Quebec.

Reprinted, with additions, from "The Storied Province of Quebec". Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1950 CE

#2238

The physiology and pathology of exposure to stress.

In his study of the etiology of the collagen disease Selye developed the idea that animals react to stress or injury by a certain sequence of physiological reactions – the “general adaptation syndrome”.

1992 CE

#13605

Trois siècles d'histoire médicale au Québec: Chronologie des institutions et des pratiques, 1639-1939.

1994 CE

#8864

Home medicine: The Newfoundland experience.

"Based on material from the Folklore Archives at Memorial University as well as other sources, Crellin's catalogue includes such topics as abortion, baldness and hair preparations, blood-letting, cancer, drunkenness, …

1996 CE–2006 CE

#11012

McGill medicine: The first half century, 1829-1885. McGill medicine: The second half century, 1885-1936. 2 vols.

The second volume was co-authored by Hanaway, Creuss, and James Darragh.

1997 CE

#13604

Histoire du Collège des médecins du Québec, 1847-1997.

1999 CE

#11278

The works of Egerton Yorrick Davis, MD, Sir William Osler's alter ego. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Richard L. Golden.

2002 CE

#13633

"Dearest G ...Yours WO." William Osler's letters from Egypt to Grace Revere Osler. Edited by Lawrence D. Long and Philip M. Teigen.

2003 CE

#11903

Labeling people: French scholars on society, race, and empire, 1815-1848.

2004 CE

#11286

A history of William Osler's The principles and practice of medicine by Richard L. Golden. (Osler Library Studies in the History of medicine No. 8).

This 267-page work is a definitive bibliographical history of Osler's classic textbook.

2005 CE

#14029

Body counts: Medical quantification in historical and sociological perspective / La quantificattion medicale, perspectives historiques et sociologigues. Edited by Gérard Jorland, Annick Opinel and George Weisz.

2008 CE

#14011

A history of neuro-oncology.

2014 CE

#13530

The black doctors of colonial Lima: Science, race, and writing in colonial and early Republican Peru.

"In this groundbreaking study on the intersection of race, science, and politics in colonial Latin America, José Jouve Martín explores the reasons why the city of Lima, in the decades that preceded the w…

2014 CE

#7411

The herbal of al-Ghāfiqī. A facsimile edition of MS 7508 in the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University, with critical essays. Edited by F. Jamil Ragep and Faith Wallis with Pamela Miller and Adam Gacek.

2015 CE

#13531

Expelling the plague: The Health Office and the implementation of quarantine in Dubrovnik, 1377-1533.

2016 CE

#11013

The General: A history of the Montreal General Hospital.

2016 CE

#11794

The wounded brain healed: The golden age of the Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934–1984.

2017 CE

#11793

Fearful asymmetry: Bouillaud, Dax, Broca, and the localization of language, Paris, 1825-1879.

2017 CE

#8520

Osler Library Prints Collection.

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/oslerprints/index.php "This varied collection of approximately 2,500 prints offers a fascinating look into the history of medicine through popular imagery. The medium of the print, bei…

2018 CE

#11051

Carving a niche: The medical profession in Mexico 1800-1870.

2018 CE

#13566

Luminous creatures: The history and science of light production in living organisms.

2019 CE

#14012

Sir William Osler's Leonardo da Vinci collection: Flight, anatomy and art.

c. 1990 CE

#13586

Casey A. Wood Collection: Complete inventory list. P145.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/33597385/casey-a-wood-collection-osler-library-archives-mcgill-university "This is a guide to one of the collections held by the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill …