Harvey Cushing and the Oxford connection.
Without apparently relaxing or detracting from his full clinical routine, Cushing was able, throughout his career, to cater to a panoply of interests. In an age when travel was, presumably, slower by ship and by train, his journeys across the ocean to Europe and the British Isles were legion. Primarily because of his relationship with Osler, then Sherrington, Cairns and his other friends, Oxford became an often visited and cherished place. The award of an honorary degree and final tribute from colleagues, admirers and students seemed a fitting climax to Cushing's connection with that city and its ancient university. Such a connection, enhanced by his students, his writings, his scholarship and his bibiliographies, became a natural extension of his personality.
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