OSLER, WILLIAM. 1849-1919.


The Principles and Practice of Medicine. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. 4to (242 x 164 mm). Publisher's original red cloth, skillfully recased. Pencil notations throughout. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed by Grace R. Osler to Marshall N. Fulton while he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Fulton explains how he received the book, after making Lady Osler's initial acquaintance, writing, "I found, on returning from a Christmas vacation, a sizable book, enclosed with a note: 'Dear Mr. Fulton: I should like you to become used to reading 'Osler' while you are in Oxford - I send you the next Edition (English) so that it may become part of your life here and be associated with what I hope proves more interesting every term. A Happy New Year to you'" ("Sir William Osler's Better Half," Rhode Island Medical Journal 1978). Golden & Roland 1416.