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Title: Maryland medical journal
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Medicine Medicine
Publisher: (Baltimore, Md. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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and stead-upwards to the dean- ship of the medical faculty, and to probably the largest private practicein the annals of Baltimore medical history. While Americans have always taken a certain interest in oldOxford, public attention was not centered upon it to any great extentuntil the death of Cecil Rhodes and the founding of the Rhodes schol-arships. Immediately following the announcement of this great giftcame the call to Dr. Osier to accept the regius professorship to thatuniversity. Then interest awoke, and probably one of the strongestAnglo-American ties was fo/med. American boys, up for final examina-tions at that historic school, lose much of the fear that usually surroundssuch an occasion when they find that the genial, kindly, diplomatic DrOsier is the examiner. The character w!nch made him so beloved inthis country is building him an equally lovable following in Englishhearts, and we are glad that this new honor—which means so much toEnglish people—has come to him. (222)
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PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF DR. OSLER SHORTLY AFTER HE HAD PASSED HISSIXTIETH BIRTHDAY Maryland Medical Journal Nathan Winslow. M.D.. Editor. Associate Editors: Thomas R. Brown. M.D. Jose L. Hirsh, M.I). Hugh H. Young. M.D. Alexius McGlannan. M.U. Richard H. Johnston, M.D. A. Samukls. M.D. BALTIMORE, JULY, 1911 OUR CHRONIC SHAME. At this time of year hydrophobia, typhoid and tetanus are ever-present visitors, and each is attended with its toll of loss of earningcapacity to the community, and in some instances death. The dis-tressing part of the calamity is the utter ridiculousness of theexistence of these diseases at all. Daily the papers are calling attention to the prevention oftyphoid fever by vaccination against this infection. We areheartily in favor of any method which will in the least degreelessen the prevalency of that disease. But we ask the question,Why this vaccination, when all that is necessary for the total elimi-nation of typhoid is the boiling of all suspected water and thede

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