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Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler : a poet and his physician

Title
  1. Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler : a poet and his physician / Philip W. Leon.
Published by
  1. Toronto, Ont. : ECW Press ; East Haven, Conn. U.S.A. : Distributed in the U.S. by InBook, 1995.
Author
  1. Leon, Philip W.

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Additional authors
  1. Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
Description
  1. 212 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Alternative title
  1. Walt Whitman & Sir William Osler
Subject
  1. Poetry as Topic
  2. Physicians
  3. Intellectual life > History > 19th century
  4. Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 > Friends and associates
  5. Biography
  6. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Friends and associates
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
Contents
  1. Ch. I. A Scythian Visitor at Delphi: Osler Meets Whitman -- Ch. II. Beyond the Doctor's Surgery: Osler's Reminiscences of Walt Whitman -- Ch. III. Waiting Responses from Oracles: Explication of Osler's Reminiscences -- Ch. IV. Dead Poets, Philosophs, Priests: Explication of Osler's Working Notes to His Reminiscences -- Ch. V. To Remain in Your Memories and Minds: On the Brains of Osler and Whitman -- Ch. VI. I Will Sing the Song of Companionship: Osler, Whitman, Bucke, and the Bolton College -- Ch. VII. The Substance of an Artist's Mood: Osler, Whitman, and Thomas Eakins -- Ch. VIII. A Backward Glance: Osler, Whitman, Edith Wharton, and Henry James -- Appendix: Entries about Osler in Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Includes text of Osler's Reminiscences.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index.