The Principles and Practice of Medicine
The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine is a medical textbook by Sir William Osler. It was first published in 1892 by D. Appleton & Company, while Osler was professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. The book established Osler as the world's leading authority in the teaching of modern medicine.[1]
The text was translated into French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese, and for over 40 years it was the world's most significant medical textbook.[2]
First edition
[edit | edit source]Osler dedicated the book to his teachers; William Arthur Johnson, James Bovell and Robert Palmer Howard. There are 11 sections, preceded by a list of charts and illustrations.
Later years
[edit | edit source]After 1927, its popularity was succeeded by Cecil Textbook of Medicine.[3]
A revised eleventh edition appeared in 1932.[4]
References
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External links
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