Osler was good, but . . . CMAJ 1997;156:983 See response from: A.M. Clarfield I enjoyed the brief article "Finding pleasure and history in the Index Medicus," (CMAJ 1996;155:1327-8), by Dr. A. Mark Clarfield. However, I wonder whether perhaps Clarfield has not given Osler a little too much credit. I do not believe that he wrote articles in Italian or German, for example. In those days of casual copyright rules it was extremely common for journals to reprint articles from other journals, and to translate them if the other journal was published in a different language. The articles he cites certainly were published over Osler's name, but that is not quite the same thing. Charles G. Roland, MD Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton, Ont. Send a letter to the editor responding to this letter Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cette lettre | CMAJ April 1, 1997 (vol 156, no 7) / JAMC le 1er avril 1997 (vol 156, no 7) |