(Continued from Page a) University of London and at Berlin and Vienna. During this period he devoted his special attention to physiology and pathology. He returned to Canada in 1874 and was promptly elected to the chair of the institutes of medicine at McGill University. This was his first appointment as a medical teacher. He was at that time only 25 years old, and his appointment was rather an experiment upon the part of the faculty, who gave him the position because of the advantages he had had in having a post-graduate course in the subjects to be taught.

From the start the genius of the man to impart to others the results of his own knowledge and investigations made itself apparent, and the star of his fame began to rise. Four years after his first appointment he was elected as one of the visiting staff of the Montreal General Hospital, and he began to pay more attention to pathology and practical medicine, adding to his courses, one in morbid anatomy, another in pathological histology and a summer class in clinical medicine. His own words in describing himself at this period are: "By the end of 10 years I had become a plurist of the most abandoned sort and it was difficult to tell what I did profess."

HIS FAME SPREAD FAR.

In the first five years of his work at the McGill University his fame spread far beyond the confines of the Canadian university, and as a teacher he became widely known. In 1883 he was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and in 1884 this was followed by his selection as the Galstonian professor there. The honors which have been heaped upon him, however, have never affected him. Cool-headed, sensible and lovable, he appears lightly to esteem the wealth of this world, although the success which has come to him has afforded him infinite satisfaction.

While still connected with the McGill University, Dr. Osler took frequent summer trips abroad, and on one of these met Dr. S. W. Gross of Philadelphia, who was then one of the best-known physicians of that city. A firm friendship was formed between the two while in Europe, and some time after their return Dr. Gross sent for Dr. Osler to visit him in Philadelphia, and there informed him that he had been appointed to the professorship of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Osler at once accepted the offer and severed his connection with the Canadian university. He remained in Philadelphia until 1889, and there it was that he laid the foundation of

his great reputation as a diagnostician. His wonderful skill in going to the very heart of the trouble presented to him, his research, originality and the breadth of his learning in a very short while established him firmly in the first rank of physicians of this country.

It was in 1889 that an invitation was extended him to create the chair of the practice and principles of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. At this time world-wide attention was being drawn to the new methods of instruction in the matter of original research by the students at the Hopkins, and Dr. Osler, seeing the magnificent opportunity here presented for those who wished to explore new fields, accepted the call.

HIS SUCCESS WELL KNOWN.

His success at the Johns Hopkins is too well known to need comment. The confidence which his associates had in him was shown by his election in 1898 as dean of the medical faculty, and for the last eight years he has been physicianin-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Three years after coming to Baltimore-in May, 1892-Dr. Osler married the widow of Dr. S. W. Gross, through whom he received his appointment at the University of Pennsylvania. His wife was formerly Miss Grace Lindsee Renere of Boston, and is a sister-inlaw of Mrs. Benjamin F. Horwitz of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Osler have one son.

Aside from the numerous duties which were his as head of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the private practice of Dr. Osler in Baltimore assumed such proportions that he was forced to adopt rules of the most arbitrary kind. Consultations with him could only be secured by appointment, and frequently it would be necessary to make these appointments many days in advance.

During the 30 years since he left college Dr. Osler has found time for much literary work, notwithstanding the full and busy life he has led. His published works are:

"Cerebral Palsies of Children" (1889). "Principles and Practice of Medicine" (1892). "Teacher and Student" (address, 1892). "Oliver Wendell Holmes" (address, 1894). At present he is working upon the tremendous task of translating and editing Nothnagel's Encyclopedia of Medicine. This work consists of 20 volumes, and Dr. Osler has just completed the sixth. As a lecturer he has also won success, and, although he has made no effort to comply with the many requests received by him to talk (Continued on Page c)

(Continued from Page b) upon public occasions, he has always been ready to help out the Johns Hopkins students.

LOVED BY STUDENTS.

Among the students he is greatly beloved, and is known throughout the medical school by the affectionate name of "The Chief." The personal side of the man is thoroughly delightful. There is about him no false dignity. He is able to laugh at a joke and to tell one, and he has exerted a lasting influence upon the lives of many a young man with whom he has come into contact. It was his custom to gather at his house on Saturday afternoon members of the senior class and discuss with them various subjects. His talk was generally simple and direct, and he had a faculty of placing facts so clearly before the student that it was difficult either to misunderstand or to forget.

While he never sermonizes, it is known among the students that he is an earnest Christian, and the extent of his charity will probably never be known. Those who know him best regard him as a man entirely above narrowmindedness or littleness. His ideals and hopes for his profession are of the highest kind and rosiest tint. He has a great admiration for the old-fashioned country doctor, and while there is no more modern, up-to-date physician in this or any other country, Dr. Osler has a lasting affection for the old standards and old ways.

In the public mind Dr. Osler stands forth as the eminent and distinguished physician, whose skill and knowledge have placed him at the top of his profession, but to those who were associated with him here the most lasting impression will be made by his delightful and engaging personality. One of his passions is for books, and in his home he had a magnificent library which he will take abroad with him. The pursuit of first editions was a hobby with him, and it was said that he would go to any amount of trouble to secure a rare edition. While in Europe much of his time was spent in going through the old book shops of London and Paris.

OSLER'S PARTING GIFT.
Evening News.

Ir is generally understood about the University that the Doctor has left something handsome in the keeping of the trustees for the medical school. Just what this may be is being

very carefully guarded. It may be a collection of books or it may be an endowment for some sort of research. Dr. Osler's library is one of the largest and best in the country. It consists of many valuable and extremely rare books of medical history, as well as volumes of like character in other branches of the science. During the tuberculosis exposition, which was held with remarkable success in McCoy Hall last year, one of the principal attractions was a collection of books owned by Dr. Osler. A gift of some of these coveted volumes would enrich any library, and it is not improbable that the Doctor has set aside a number of them to fill a shelf in the magnificent library which the medical school has already, and whose excellence is largely due to his generosity, good taste and labor.

The opinion also prevails that maybe Dr. Osler has given a certain amount of money for the purpose of endowing a chair of some kind of research in methods of disease prevention. His interest in this work has always been very keen. Whatever has happened in this regard will be made public at the commencement exercises on June 13.

During the last 10 days Dr. Osler has given in the neighborhood of 125 volumes of medical books to the library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, in which he has taken a very active interest ever since he came to Baltimore.

The house at Charles and Franklin streets formerly occupied by Dr. Osler as both home and office is now deserted.

Dr. Osler will live in London for a time. It is said that he has made arrangements for a residence only a short distance from the American Embassy. He will reach London in time for the Oxford commencement exercises in June. Commencement is called over there the "convocation." During the summer he will reside in London, and next fall he will remove to Oxford, where there is a town of some 50.000 inhabitants.

BALTIMORE'S MEDICAL EMINENCE. Erening Herald.

THE recent departure of Dr. Osler to assume the regius professorship at Oxford, and of Dr. Kelly for a trip of several months abroad, may serve to remind Baltimoreans of the exceptional prominence of this city in the fields of medicine and surgery. Besides the two eminent men just mentioned, there are a number of others of quite exceptional distinction who make Baltimore the objective (Continued on Page d)