Dr. William Osler Thanks a Friend for Condolences on the Death of His Father
He also volunteered to pay the tuition for his deceased friend’s son
Dr. William Osler is often described as the “Father of Modern Medicine”. He created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He co-founded Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school, and was author of...
Dr. William Osler is often described as the “Father of Modern Medicine”. He created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He co-founded Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school, and was author of the landmark work, “The Principles and Practice of Medicine”. He also wrote and edited medical reports for Johns Hopkins. Osler, a Canadian, also had close connections in England, and he was created a baronet by King George V in 1911 in recognition of his many contributions to medicine. He served as Walt Whitman’s physician during the 1880s.
Autograph letter signed, on his Baltimore letterhead, three pages, 1900, to the wife of his childhood friend, Charles Locke, on the death of his father. “Many thanks for your kind sympathies. I have just returned from Toronto. Of course, it was a great release, as poor father had been such a helpless cripple. Fortunately his mind was clear to the end & he did not suffer, nor was he in bed a day. So we have much to be thankful for. Mother keeps wonderfully well.
“I wish to have a talk with you soon about Charlie and his career. I should so like to see him follow in his father’s footsteps. I know of course how much you would desire it but you must feel there are difficulties. I want you to let me help you greatly in the matter, so far as paying his college fees. It would be a great pleasure to me so let us talk it over next summer when I see you. With love to the girls and Charlie.”
It says a lot about Osler that he wanted to pay the tuition for his old friend’s son, as his widow clearly would struggle to get the tuition paid.
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