THE HOPKINS - OSLER INFLUENCE. Monographic Medicine

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1916. First edition.

IN THE STEPS OF OSLER: EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MEDICINE FOR THE PRACTITIONER--FOCUS ON FUNCTION RATHER THAN ANATOMY.

Seven 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover volumes, green cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vol. I, Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett, i-xxviii, 686 pp; Vols. II, III and IV authored by Lewellys F. Barker: Vol. II, The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases, i-xxxvii, 978 pp; Vol. III, The Blood, Digestive System, and Urology, i-xlvii, 1063 pp; Vol. IV, Muscles, Bones, and Joints, Nervous System, Metabolism, i-xlvii, 1039 pp; Vol. V, Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by M. Howard Fussell, i-xxviii, 880 pp; Vol. VI, The Prognosis of Internal Diseases by Henfy L. Elsner, i-xxviii, 1276 pp, General Index, 168 pp. Volumes I - V profusely illustrated, with a number of color plates. Light cover wear, bindings tight, pages unmarked. A very good scarce complete copy of the monographs including the General Index.

ALBION WALTER HEWLETT (1874-1925), received his MD from Johns Hopkins University, then studies with Rudolf Krelh in Tubingen, Germany, who encouraged him to study pathologic physiology, and he developed expertise in cardiovascular physiology and electrocardiography. He became Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Michigan in 1908 and subsequently Chair of the Stanford University Department of Medicine in 1916.

LEWELLYS FRANKLIN BARKER (1867-1943) received his Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1890 from the University of Toronto Medical School. After interning at Toronto General Hospital, he came to Johns Hopkins in 1892 to join the staff of William Osler's Clinic. While at Johns Hopkins, Barker made several trips abroad to further his studies. He studied in Germany in Karl Ludwig's physiological laboratory and toured the South Pacific, Asia, and India to study hospital diseases. In 1905, Barker was appointed director of medicine and physician-in-chief at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, succeeding William Osler. He established laboratories at Johns Hopkins for the study of infectious diseases, physiology, and chemistry. Barker specialized in the study of neurology, endocrinology, and internal medicine.

MILTON HOWARD FUSSELL (1855-1921) was professor of applied therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania during William Osler's tenure there as professor of clinical medicine (1884-1888). Osler left the University of Pennsylvania in 1889 for the new Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school. Fussell arranged the diseases in his volume of Monographic Medicine to follow Osler's Practice of Medicine.

HENRY L. ELSNER (1854-1916) earned his MD from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons followed by postgraduate work in Vienna. Upon his return to America, he became Professor of the Science and Art of Medicine at Syracuse University.