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Sir William Osler, Baronet
12 de July
Sir William Osler, Baronet, was born on July 12th, 1849. Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty medical training and was the first to take medical students from the classroom to clinical training at the bedside. He has often been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the “greatest diagnosticians who ever wielded a stethoscope”. Osler was a person of many interests. In addition to being a doctor, he was a bibliophile, historian, author, and playful person. One of his accomplishments was the founding of the History of Medicine Society (previous section) of the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Syphilis was referred to as “the great imitator” by Sir William Osler because of its variety of clinical presentations.
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