Osler's Web
by Hillary Johnson
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In a masterful effort of investigative reporting, freelance journalist Hillary Johnson reveals for the first time how Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was allowed to grow over the course of a decade into a major public health threat under the disbelieving and ultimately blind eye of the American medical research establishment.Tags
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This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
This is by far my favorite book of all time!
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
Thank you, Hillary Johnson, for taking on the monumental task of documenting the egregious crimes against us ME"cfs" (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka "cfs") sufferers by Stephen Strauss and others at NIH and CDC. I was on the edge of my seat even on my fourth reading of this true crime thriller! Your heart will be pumping with adrenaline and outrage as you race through yet another "Oh My God!" moment where another damning piece of evidence is laid bare. As a trial lawyer myself, I've never seen such a riveting and clear case made out of such complicated facts.
A lot of progress has been made since the book came out- basically CDC and others finally admitting much of what Johnson said in the book. show more I still wonder about some of the things for which Johnson made a great case, but have essentially been forgotten. For example, it seems clear to me that the human retrovirus discovered by Dr. Elaine Defritas is a cause of ME, but it hasn't been discussed in the literature in more than a decade. Ampligen is finally nearing approval; I wonder if it is the wonder drug portrayed in the book. And I continue to see reports in the media of more ME patients dying of previously extraordinarily rare cancers such as Burkitt's Lymphoma, but this continues to be ignored by the scientific journals.
All people with ME and their families would benefit enormously from reading Osler's Web. Osler's Web made me feel the catharsis that a disbelieved rape victim must feel when a skilled prosecutor, in open court, makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant did in fact rape her; that she is not a liar, but instead a victim of a terrible crime.
Physicians, public health workers, other health workers and indeed anyone who wants to see how a serious epidemic can be hidden in plain sight by the public health service should read this immensely important work. show less
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- Canonical title
- Osler's Web
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- David Bell; Paul Cheney; Elaine DeFreitas; Robert Gallo; Tom Folks; Sheila Bastion (show all 30); Peter Behan; Royce Biddle; Sidney Grossman; Seymour Grufferman; Walter Gunn; Gary Holmes; Byron Hyde; Nancy Klimas; Dedra Buchwald; Anthony Komaroff; Blake Edwards; Anthony Fauci; Walter Gunn; Marc Iverson; Hilary Koprowski; Dan Peterson; Jay Levy; John Martin; North Carolina Symphony Orchestra; William Reeves; Sayed Zaki Salahuddin; Larry Schonberger; Stephen Straus; Robert Suhadolnik
- Important places
- Incline Village, Nevada, USA; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Truckee, California, USA; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Lyndonville, New York, USA; Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (show all 9); Yerington, Nevada, USA; Reno, Nevada, USA; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Important events
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic
- Epigraph
- The edifice of medicine reposes entirely upon facts ... truth cannot be elicited but from those which have been well and completely observed.
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
Emulating the persistence and care of Darwin, we must collect facts with open-minded watchfulness, unbiased by crotchets or notions: fact on fact, instance on instance, experiment upon experiment; facts which fitly jointed to... (show all)gether by some master who grasps the idea of their relationship, may establish a general principle
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
To get an accurate knowledge of any disease it is necessary to study a large series of cases and to go into all the particulars - the conditions under which it is met, the subjects specially liable, the various symptoms, the ... (show all)pathological changes, the effects of drugs ... in the faculty of observations, the old Greeks were our masters, and we must return to their methods if progress [is] to be made.
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
No men among us need refreshment and renovating more frequently than those who occupy positions in our schools of learning. Upon none does intellectual staleness more readily steal "with velvet step, unheeded, softly," but n... (show all)onetheless relentlessly ... These unrefreshed, unregenerate teachers are often powerful instruments of harm, and time and again have spread the blight of blind conservatism in the profession. Safely enthroned in assured positions, men of strong and ardent convictions, with faithful friends and still more faithful students, they too often come within the scathing condemnation of the blind leaders of the blind, of those who would neither themselves enter into the profession of new knowledge nor suffer those who would enter.
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
Locke's remark that "Truth scarce ever yet carried it by vote anywhere at its first appearance" is borne out by the history of discoveries of the first rank.
- Sir William Osler, An Alabama Student and Other Biographic... (show all)al Essays
[A]ll science is in facts or phenomena of nature and their relationships, and not in the minds of men, which discovers and interprets them.
- Sir William Osler, An Alabama Student and Other Biographical Essays
Medicine arose out of the primal sympathy of man with man; our of the desire to help those in sorrow, need, and sickness.
- Sir William Osler, The Evolution of Modern Medicine
The quarrels of doctors make a pretty chapter in the history of medicine. Each generation seems to have had its own.
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
One of the most striking contributions of Hippocrates is the recognition that diseases are only part of the processes of nature, that there is nothing divine or sacred about them ... [H]e remarks that each disease has its own... (show all) nature, and that no one arises without a natural cause.
- Sir William Osler, The Evolution of Modern Medicine
The physician needs a clear head and a kind heart; his work is arduous and complex, requiring the exercise of the very highest faculties of the mind, while constantly appealing to the emotions and finer feelings.
- Sir Wi... (show all)lliam Osler, Counsels and Ideals
Never springing, Minerva-like, to full stature at once, truth may suffer all the hazards incident to generation and gestation. Much of history is a record of the mishaps of truth which have struggled to the birth, only to di... (show all)e or else to wither in premature decay.
- Sir William Osler, An Alabama Student and Other Biographical Essays
It is not ... that some people do not know what to do with truth when it is offered them, but the tragic fate is to reach, after years of patient search, a condition of mind-blindness, in which the truth is not recognized, th... (show all)ough it stares you in the face.
- Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals
Knowledge evolves, but in such a way that its possessors are never in sure possession.
- Sir William Osler, The Evolution of Modern Medicine - Dedication
- For my mother, Ruth Hines Jones (1928-1993)
- First words
- Her first patient had suggested someone in the initial stages of an autoimmune disease, most probably lupus or multiple sclerosis.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In contrast to AIDS, however, CFS - as Carter had learned in a lesson costing millions - remained a medical backwater, a biopolitical morass of huge proportions lying just below the surface of public awareness, from which all but the most stouthearted investigators eventually fled.
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