RT Journal A1 DAVISON WC T1 Sir william osler: Reminiscences JF
Archives of Internal Medicine JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1949 FD July 1 VO 84 IS 1 SP 110 OP 128 DO
10.1001/archinte.1949.00230010120021 UL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1949.00230010120021 AB "IT
ISN'T done," a reply, which is supposed to end all arguments at
Oxford, was the only answer I could obtain in 1913 when I wanted
to complete the first two years of the medical school in one
year. However I was not convinced that it could not be done, so
as a last resort I was told to call on Sir William Osler, the
Regius Professor of Medicine and dean of the medical school, who
had lived in the States and would know how to handle an
argumentative American student who did not understand Oxford
traditions.An appointment was made and I rang the bell at 13
Norham Gardens, Sir William's home, with fear and trembling
because to me and most Americans the name, Osler, was the
pinnacle of medicine. By that time I profoundly regretted even
consideri