Osler: "Diagnose" or "Diagnosticate"?
Authors: W. D. TIGERTT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1971)

The Literature of Medicine1 June 1971Osler: "Diagnose" or "Diagnosticate"?W. D. TIGERTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. D. TIGERTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-74-6-1017 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA letter signed "William Osler, M.D." published in the New York Medical Journal of 27 March 1897 ( 1 ) is not included in any of the several listings of his writings. In this letter he ably defends his use of the "barbarism of 'diagnose.' "This story began on 22 February 1897, when Osler spoke to the New York County Medical Society concerning "The diagnosis of malarial fever" (2). This speech was reviewed, on the whole in a favorable fashion, in the editorial section ofThe Postgraduateof March 1897 (3). Toward the end of the review the editor...References1. OSLER W: Diagnose or diagnosticate? New York Med J 65:429, 1897 Google Scholar2. OSLER W: The diagnosis of malarial fever. Med News (New York) 70:289-292, 1897 Google Scholar3. Editorial: Post-graduate 12:110-111, 1897 Google Scholar4. Editorial: Ibid., pp. 169-170 Google Scholar5. OSLER W (Unsigned): Pulmonary syphilis. Med News 46: 75-76, 1885. For attribution to Osler see BLOGG MW: Bibliography of the Writings of Sir William Osler. Baltimore, Lord Baltimore Press, 1921, preface Google Scholar6. Summary of discussion after Ref. 2. Med News (New York) 70:319-320, 1897 Google Scholar7. Summary report of Ref. 2 and subsequent discussion. Med Record (New York) 1897, pp. 352-354 Google Scholar8. FOSTER F (editor) : Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1888-1893 Google Scholar9. OSLER W: The Evolution of Modern Medicine. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921, p. 64 (footnote) Google Scholar10. JOHNSON S: A Dictionary of the English Language. Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1775 Google Scholar11. MURRAY J (editor): The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933, vol. III, sec. D, p. 307 Google Scholar12. In diagnosticating spinal fluid. Weekly Bull NYC Dept Health 15:81-82, 1926 Google Scholar13. MENCKEN H: The American Language, 4th ed. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1936, pp. 196-197, (footnote) Google Scholar14. MENCKEN H: The American Language, Supplement 1. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1945, p. 418 Google Scholar15. BILLINGS J: The National Medical Dictionary. Philadelphia, Lea Bros. & Co., 1890 CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. MURRAY J (editor) : The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933, vol. I, p. xxv Google Scholar17. OSLER W: Physic and physician as depicted in Plato. Boston Med Surg J 1893, pp. 128-133, 153-156 Google Scholar18. Editorial: Post-graduate 15:758, 1900 Google Scholar19. OSLER W: Remarks at the dinner in honor of Dr. Abraham Jacobi, New York, May 5, 1900. Maryland Med J 43:320-322, 1900 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND▸From the Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1971Volume 74, Issue 6Page: 1017-1018KeywordsFevers Issue Published: 1 June 1971 PDF downloadLoading ...