OSLER, WILLIAM. 1849-1919.


Page proofs of The Evolution of Modern Medicine. [New Haven]: [Yale University Press], 1921. Folio. Sarting with page 17. Publisher's black cloth, 'revised page proof' stamp to first page.WITH: The Evolution of Modern Medicine. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. 4to. Publisher's green cloth, typed letter signed tipped-in, two fold lines to letter. Typed letter signed from Fielding Garrison ("F.H. Garrison"), to Lawrason Brown.PAGE PROOF AND FIRST EDITION ASSOCIATION COPIES OF OSLER'S POSTHUMOUS WORK. "This book is based on the Silliman Lectures delivered at Yale in 1913. It remained unfinished at Osler's death, and Osler requested in his will that it and his other unfinished works not be published. In spite of this, work was prepared for the press by Harvey Cushing, Archibald Malloch and others" (Garrison-Morton 6414). In his letter to Brown, Garrison, who wrote the preface of the book, writes, "...I am glad to know that you have seen the Osler book and that you are pleaser with it. It is a nice piece of press work and I think the illustrations particularly interesting." Garrison wrote Introduction to the History of Medicine, the foundation of what later became Garrison and Morton's A Medical Bibliography.