Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
NOTED SURGEON, COUNSEL 0R FUR y'!0!!!!!1H, }! !!!!:1 |S DEAD
pr. Osler Disproves Own Theory That ssMen Above 40 Are Comparative Use less By Remaining Active Up To Time Of Last Ill
 ness-Was 70 Years Old
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 | OXFORD. England. Dec. 2s.-Sir
 William Osler, noted, physician, who
 has been i'll for several weeks, died here this evening"
 l Although Sir William OsIer was
 known to be seriously i'll at his home
 in Oxford, where he has been regus
 professor of medicine since 1904, re-
 cent advices had given hope for his
 recovery. Sir William, who passed his seventieth birthday last July, was stricken with pneumonia in November, but about the middle of that month was reported convalescent. A fort night ago, however, he became worse Cabled advices shortly afterward an-
 nounced him somewhat improved, while on Christmas day a message from him was received at the Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, in
 which the famous physician extended Christmas greetings to all his old friends and announced that Tho was making good fight after an emypema operation
 pr. Osler was professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins university from 1880 to 1904 He was born in Canada in 1S49.
 One of Four Brilliant Sons
 Sir William Osler was one or the great men who sprang from Canadian soil. He was born in the province of Ontario and grew to be the most dis tinguished of four distinguished sons of famous mother, the hundredth anniversary of whose birth was cele- brated at Toronto on December d4,
 His first preceptor was the Parish priest, to whom he acknowledged his moral and mental indebtedness, and to whom he inscribed one of his learned works. The Practice of Medicine"
 Receiving his medical degree from McGill university in 1872. pr. Osler placed the imprint of his ability on medical learning to such a marked degree that within a, few years he be- came an accepted authority in medical science His great art lay in his skill in diagnosis and his profound knowI- cage of all the parts and functions or Of nature. If such a thing could be. he was specialist in all departments of medicine.
 The late George Murray described him as "a man of great and versatile genius" The province of Ontario greatest living Canadians
 Prescribes Work for Young Men
 No small part of Dr. Oslers work lay in his directing influence on the lives of others. His precepts were broad and sound. Thousands or young men rom all lands came under the l eye of this teacher, and thousands learned the lessons that he taught i through his writings. Above all he | urged work. so that the temptations l or early or later years might be avoid | ed. To the youth he said:
 There are other altars than that of Venus on which to light your fires. | young man-WOrk earnest work
 Of Dr. Osier it has been said. "A more 1ovfa1 joker, a more epigram- | matic and witty member of society never made an after dinner speech"
 Perhaps 1t was because of this that | he gained reputation in the vast world which might otherwise-and never have heard of him as | 3 great physician. Tn 1905 at the day exercises of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore, in which he served as professor of medi- cine, pr. Osler delivered the address In which he spoke of the comparative 1seiessness of men above 90 years of age" His words. then spoken without .nought Of how far reaching they would 0e, passed around the world in garbled 'orm of every variety. He was quoted IS having said in effect that men past hat age were of no value in the prog l. 'ess of humanity and that men who lad reached the age Of 60 should be h
 pr Osler remained silent on the sub ect for considerable period and then ssued statement in which he de- dared: l.;
 Has Witty Explanation
 did not say men at 60 should be ;hloroformed. That was the point in 1 he novel to which referred and upon which the plot hinged" h
 The novel in question was "The rrollope in 1882
 pr. Os1er was criticised by the public E. md press generally. Tn answer to hese he said: "The criticisms have |, lot shaken my convictions that the { cling work of the world has been done | md IS done by mon under 10 years of Lf 4ge. The exceptions which have been 'iven only illustrate tho rule. E,
 It would be to the general good if 1, nen at 50 were retired from active ! york. We should miss the energies of ome young -old men, but on the whole, Z would De or greater service to the
 Nevertheless, and not wfthstandfng : is views on this subject, Dr. OsIer : limself remained in active practice Intil the close of his life Having l i, erved in Johns Hopkins to 1905. he ! vas called at the age of 56. to the OK 2 nedicine, the highest honor in the g estowal of British institutions of aarning. For his great services in nedicine he was knighted and created
 oaronet by King George at his coro- ation in 1911. During the war he endered great services to the empire 1 t g organizer and counsellor and was I i ne of the leaders in the recent con- 10 erted movement to bring British med- E gal education to the hfgheaf rInuo of .