Sir William Osler : the man and his books / edited by William Feindel, Elizabeth Maloney, Pamela Miller.

Montreal, Quebec : Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University, 2011.

vii, 143 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Essays based on presentations from a symposium held in Sept. 1999 celebrating the 150th anniversary of Osler's birth and the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Osler library. Cf. Foreword.

Sir William's "astral self" : origins of the Osler Niche in the Osler Library / by William Feindel and Wayne LeBel -- Osler and Francis : creating the Bibliotheca Osleriana / by Peter F. McNally, Glenn Brown and Nicolas Savard -- Some noteworthy Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Osler Library, McGill University / by Adam Gacek -- A monumental source for the history of medicine : the Paris inaugural theses at the Osler Library / by Toby Gelfand -- Archives and artifacts at the Osler Library / by Pamela Miller -- Three who made an association : Sir William Osler, 1849-1919, George Milbry Gould, 1848-1922, Margaret Ridley Charlton, 1858-1931, and the founding of the Medical Library Association / by Frances K. Groen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.