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The Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols. by Harvey Cushing — book cover

The Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols.

by Harvey Cushing

Pulitzer Prize · 1926 · Winner
Biography & MemoirISBN 9783942382304

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Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Life of Sir William Osler (1925), along with other notable works like Consecratio Medici and Other Papers (1928) and medical monographs; he pioneered brain surgery, described Cushing's disease, and received awards including the Lister Medal (1930). Pulitzer.org, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

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