Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Arranges to Meet With Dr. William Osler
Rare communications between early leading doctors
He mentions “Fluenza”
Although North American physicians commonly identify William Osler as their best example of excellence in both medicine and the humanities, Osler himself held Oliver Wendell Holmes as the best example. Holmes made substantial contributions to medicine, including a landmark essay on the ‘Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever’, and was for...
He mentions “Fluenza”
Although North American physicians commonly identify William Osler as their best example of excellence in both medicine and the humanities, Osler himself held Oliver Wendell Holmes as the best example. Holmes made substantial contributions to medicine, including a landmark essay on the ‘Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever’, and was for a while the best-selling American author on both sides of the Atlantic. Holmes’ lesser medical reputation today when compared with Osler’s is best explained by his having fewer devoted protégées, his confining his adult life to Boston and its environs, and his tendency to flit from one thing to another as opposed to consolidating his efforts in a single task as Osler did in writing his “Principles and Practice of Medicine”.
They were colleagues, these two early paragons of medicine and thought, and clearly met and exchanged ideas.
Autograph letter signed, Grace Osler, no date, to President of Williams College Franklin Carter. “Dear Dr. Carter, Dr. Osler says I may have this autograph of Dr. Holmes for you. It was to Dr. Osler arranging for an interview.”
With Autograph letter signed, O.W. Holmes, no date, to William Osler. “My dear sir, It will give me great pleasure to receive you and your friend at any time between 3 and 6pm tomorrow, Wednesday.”
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