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Doctors' Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler
A photographic tribute to the man who changed the practice of medicine.
A little over a hundred years ago, becoming a doctor was dangerously easy. Admission requirements for training were low and the M.D. was automatically given after the second term, regardless of the student's academic performance. Teaching was by lecture alone, and a student could graduate without ever seeing a patient.
Within the space of his lifetime William Osler (1849-1919) worked tirelessly to change medical schools from trade schools into intellectually demanding academic institutions. Osler founded the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and later became a professor emeritus of medicine at Oxford University.
Doctors' Work shows how one remarkable man revolutionized medical schools and redefined the physician-patient relationship.
A biographical profile of Osler is followed by photographs of physicians, nurses, and medical technicians at work. Photographed by Ted Grant using extremely high-speed film and virtually silent cameras, these images capture the compassion and dedication of front-line healthcare professionals. Each photograph is accompanied with an insightful quotation by Osler, Pasteur, Curie, Einstein, Nightingale, and many others.
Through words and photographs, Doctors' Work is a celebration of MDs, RNs and health care professionals everywhere.
A little over a hundred years ago, becoming a doctor was dangerously easy. Admission requirements for training were low and the M.D. was automatically given after the second term, regardless of the student's academic performance. Teaching was by lecture alone, and a student could graduate without ever seeing a patient.
Within the space of his lifetime William Osler (1849-1919) worked tirelessly to change medical schools from trade schools into intellectually demanding academic institutions. Osler founded the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and later became a professor emeritus of medicine at Oxford University.
Doctors' Work shows how one remarkable man revolutionized medical schools and redefined the physician-patient relationship.
A biographical profile of Osler is followed by photographs of physicians, nurses, and medical technicians at work. Photographed by Ted Grant using extremely high-speed film and virtually silent cameras, these images capture the compassion and dedication of front-line healthcare professionals. Each photograph is accompanied with an insightful quotation by Osler, Pasteur, Curie, Einstein, Nightingale, and many others.
Through words and photographs, Doctors' Work is a celebration of MDs, RNs and health care professionals everywhere.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published September 6, 2003
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About the author
Ted Grant
4 booksWidely regarded as the father of Canadian photojournalism, Ted Grant has been a seminal figure since the start of his career in 1951. He was instrumental in shaping Canadian newspaper photography, as he was one of the first photographers to use 35mm film, which would become the industry standard.
His career began in the darkroom of a photography firm alongside Bil Lingard and Cliff Buckman, both of whom were his first mentors. From 1957 to 1971 he worked predominantly as a freelance photographer for the National Film Board Still Photography Division, and was influenced greatly by Gar Lunney, Alfred Eisenstaedt and LIFE magazine. Best known for his sports assignments and photographs of the medical community, Grant prefers to shoot without a flash from the shadow side of a subject to give side-back lighting, a technique inspired largely by Rembrandt’s paintings.
In 1999, Grant was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications. The collection of his body of work is the largest by a single photographer in Canadian history. A third of it is housed within the National Gallery. Photographs of note include his series on cattle ranching in Alberta, and his shoot documenting arctic exploration, including a visit from Pierre Trudeau.
From National Gallery of Canada
His career began in the darkroom of a photography firm alongside Bil Lingard and Cliff Buckman, both of whom were his first mentors. From 1957 to 1971 he worked predominantly as a freelance photographer for the National Film Board Still Photography Division, and was influenced greatly by Gar Lunney, Alfred Eisenstaedt and LIFE magazine. Best known for his sports assignments and photographs of the medical community, Grant prefers to shoot without a flash from the shadow side of a subject to give side-back lighting, a technique inspired largely by Rembrandt’s paintings.
In 1999, Grant was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications. The collection of his body of work is the largest by a single photographer in Canadian history. A third of it is housed within the National Gallery. Photographs of note include his series on cattle ranching in Alberta, and his shoot documenting arctic exploration, including a visit from Pierre Trudeau.
From National Gallery of Canada
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January 12, 2009
I believe that even amongst physicians there is a yearning for the good old days when medical practice exuded greater warmth and housecalls sealed the physician-patient relationship. That time is gone forever but this book of dramatic medical photographs plus Sir William Osler's timeless words tug at some heartstrings and renew our commitment to caring for the sick and the infirm. This book is a timely reminder to practitioners of a profession under siege...
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