An excerpt from
THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER
wherein Dr. Osler recalls his first meeting with the great poet Walt Whitman.
The definitive two volume biography on the life of Sir William Osler.
Written by the father of modern neurosurgery, Dr. Harvey Cushing, 100 years ago.
Read by Edison McDaniels
Listen to the full, unabridged audiobook running almost 60 hours at on.soundcloud.com/ydPxw
An epic telling of the birth of modern clinical medicine, by those who lived it.
An amazingly detailed look at the life of a gentleman and illustrious physician of the 19th century. An intimate tell of medical history during a time it moved from its rudiments of 3,000 years to the foundations of modern practice. And Williams Osler, the preeminent physician of his day and the father of modern clinical medicine, seems to have been at the heart of it all.
This biography is written by another esteemed physician, Harvey Cushing, the father of modern neurosurgery. The two volumes together are 60 hours long, of which the first 10 hours are now available on SoundCloud. It is a work in progress.
This is a fascinating, intimate look at the greatest period of discovery in medical history, with remembrances of the likes of Virchow, Pasteur, Sydenham, Lister, Koch, and many, many others.
This will make a great gift for that medical man or woman in your life. Listen now!
This book is read by Edison McDaniels, MD
The entire two volume narration is 60 hours long.
