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'Osler’s Bedside Library: Great Writers Who Inspired a Great Physician' book launch

Volume highlights 10 books and literary masters Sir William Osler himself recommended, plus excerpts from 20 other great works of literature

What: "Osler's Bedside Library: Great Writers Who Inspired a Great Physician" Book Launch Volume highlights 10 books and literary masters Sir William Osler himself recommended, plus excerpts from 20 other great works of literature

Who: Co-editors Michael A. LaCombe, MD, MACP, and David J. Elpern, MD; McGill University's Maureen Rappaport, MD; McGill University students Nora Hutchinson and Julian Xue

When: October 24, 2009, beginning at 9:15 a.m.

Where: McGill University McIntyre Medical Sciences Building 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler (above Avenue Dr. Penfield) Montreal, Quebec

Regarded by many as the father of modern medicine, Sir William Osler was also a voracious reader and an avid collector of books. He recommended that physicians not be satisfied solely with their professional medical training.

"Osler's Bedside Library: Great Writers Who Inspired a Great Physician" (American College of Physicians, 2009) is an introduction to the world's great literature for physicians, featuring excerpts from 30 literary masters, many of whom Osler himself considered favorites. Each selection includes commentary by a leader in medical humanities who discusses why Osler would have admired and recommended it. The volume is the first of its nature in that it contains excerpts from pre-1913 texts that Osler had in his library.

Schedule of Events

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Dean's Conference Room, fifth floor, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building: bagels and coffee

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Meakins Auditorium, fifth floor, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building:

• introduction to the book by co-editor Michael A. LaCombe, MD, MACP
• expert commentary from leading scholars in medical humanities, including McGill University's Maureen Rappaport, MD
• McGill University students Nora Hutchinson and Julian Xue on what inspires them
• summation presented by co-editor, David J. Elpern, MD

12:00 p.m.:

• tour of the Osler Library (third floor of McIntyre Medical Sciences Building), where Osler's own copies of some of the books discussed will be on display
• light lunch in the Dean's Conference Room will follow the tour

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