Who is William Osler?

Wiliam Osler was born on 12 July, 1849 in Bond Head in Canada West.   William went to Europe for getting hands on post graduate training in Europe. In 1874 Osler returned to McGill University Faculty of Medicine becoming a professor. Soon he created the first journal club. In 1884 William was asked to become the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1885 he founded the Association of American Physicians which was a medical society involved in carrying out advancements in the world of scientific and practical medicine. William left Philadelphia in 1889 after being given a grand farewell honor by physicians which was named as ‘Aequanimitas’. William Osler became the first Physician-in-Chief of the new Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland USA in 1889. Soon after this in 1893 he co-founded the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he became the first professor of medicine. Osler died at the age of 70 on 29 December, 1919. He suffered during the Spanish influenza epidemic. He was survived by his wife Grace who died 9 years after his death.

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