A physician's anthology of English and American poetry. Inscribed copy
Publisher Information: Oxford: Humphrey Milford Oxford U. P., 1920.
A physician’s anthology of English and American poetry. xxiii, 346pp. London: Oxford University Press, 1920. 165 x 110 mm. Original cloth, very slight wear at extremities. Fine. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Wood on the front free endpaper: “To Mrs. Spotiswood in memory of our meeting in Rome. Dec. 12/29. Casey A. Wood.”
First Edition. “This volume was originally intended as a birthday present to Sir William Osler by one of his old Montreal students and by another American ‘pupil’ in a far different sense. Too late for the festal ceremonies in honour of his seventieth birthday, it was in the hands of the publishers when less than five months later (December 29, 1919) the ‘Chief’ was taken from us; but the verses herein collected had already passed through his hands and met with his approval” (p. vii). Wood, a noted ophthalmologist and comparative anatomist, had served as a clinical clerk under Osler while a medical student at McGill, and the two enjoyed a lifelong friendship enlivened by their mutual interest in book collecting. Garrison (of “Garrison-Morton” fame), and medical historian, was another friend who shared Osler’s bibliographical interests; after Osler’s death he revised Osler’s Silliman Lectures for publication as The Evolution of Modern Medicine. Garrison-Morton.com 11295.
Book Id: 45337Price: $350.00