title: Sir William Osler--contrasts between the saint-like legend and the rough-edged man.
abstract: Sir William Osler, the first physician-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and later Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, is judged by many to be the greatest clinician of the modern era. His life history of distinguished service to medicine and to society is well known. What is not so well known is his mischievous streak.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hookman
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000266:history; D008396:Maryland