Title: Sir William Osler at the American Women's War Hospital, Paignton, England, 1915
Location: Paignton (England)
Date: 1915
Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
11.5 x 15.6 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_064-014_P
Description: Sir William Osler at the American Women's War Hospital in Paignton, South Devonshire, England, in 1915. Osler served as a consultant to the hospital during the First World War. According to Edgar Lorrington Gilcreest, who was an American Red Cross surgeon at the hospital, this photo was taken surreptitiously by a nurse, who was waiting for an opportunity to photograph Osler by himself.
Notes: For a description of Osler's visit to the American Women's War Hospital, see Gilcreest, Edgar Lorrington, "Sir William Osler -- Physician and Philanthropist -- Glimpses during the World War". In "Sir William Osler: Memorial Number: Appreciations and Reminiscences", by the International Association of Medical Museums, pp. 409-18.
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Hospitals
Subject Paignton (England)
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.
Location: Paignton (England)
Date: 1915
Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
11.5 x 15.6 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_064-014_P
Description: Sir William Osler at the American Women's War Hospital in Paignton, South Devonshire, England, in 1915. Osler served as a consultant to the hospital during the First World War. According to Edgar Lorrington Gilcreest, who was an American Red Cross surgeon at the hospital, this photo was taken surreptitiously by a nurse, who was waiting for an opportunity to photograph Osler by himself.
Notes: For a description of Osler's visit to the American Women's War Hospital, see Gilcreest, Edgar Lorrington, "Sir William Osler -- Physician and Philanthropist -- Glimpses during the World War". In "Sir William Osler: Memorial Number: Appreciations and Reminiscences", by the International Association of Medical Museums, pp. 409-18.
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Hospitals
Subject Paignton (England)
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.