Osler's Bedside Library
by Lacombe, Michael A., M.D.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-03-01
Publisher(s): AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
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Summary
Sir William Osler often referred to his bed-side library, classic works meant to inspire one to be a great doctor with even greater humanity. This unique volume features excerpts from the literary masterpieces Osler himself recommended to his students and colleagues plus 20 other great works chosen by today's physicians. Each excerpt is accompanied by commentary from a leading scholar in medical humanities. Featured Classics: Plutarch's LivesReligio MediciShakespeare's Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and various SonnetsMontaigneMarcus AureliusEpictetusDon QuixoteEmersonOliver Wendell HolmesOld and New TestamentsRobert BurnsJohn KeatsGeorge EliotCharles DickensSir Arthur Conan DoyleSarah Orne JewettRobert Louis StevensonBoccaccioRabelaisRobert BurtonBen FranklinErasmusMaimonides PascalVoltaireIbsenMolireGeorge Bernard ShawDefoe's Journal of the Plague YearAvicenna
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Osler's Ten | |
| Plutarch's Lives | p. 3 |
| Religio Medici | p. 11 |
| Shakespeare | p. 27 |
| Othello | p. 29 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | p. 35 |
| Hamlet | p. 41 |
| Sonnets | p. 47 |
| Montaigne | p. 53 |
| Marcus Aurelius | p. 63 |
| Epictetus | p. 75 |
| Don Quixote | p. 85 |
| Emerson | p. 97 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | p. 109 |
| Old and New Testaments | p. 119 |
| Poets | |
| Robert Burns | p. 137 |
| John Keats | p. 145 |
| Masters of the Story | |
| George Eliot | p. 153 |
| Charles Dickens | p. 169 |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | p. 179 |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | p. 195 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | p. 203 |
| Boccaccio | p. 213 |
| Rabelais | p. 223 |
| Thinkers | |
| Robert Burton | p. 237 |
| Ben Franklin | p. 249 |
| Erasmus | p. 257 |
| Maimonides | p. 265 |
| Pascal | p. 277 |
| Voltaire | p. 287 |
| Dramatists | |
| Henrik Ibsen | p. 301 |
| Molière | p. 313 |
| George Bernard Shaw | p. 323 |
| An Unforgettable Journal | |
| Daniel Defoe | p. 335 |
| The Shoulders upon Which We Stand | |
| Avicenna | p. 345 |
| Contributors' Biographical Sketches | p. 351 |
| A Bedside Library | p. 357 |
| References and Permissions | p. 361 |
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