William Osler with Walter L. Bierring and Colonel Louis A. La Garde William Osler with Walter L. Bierring and Colonel Louis A. La Garde

Contributor(s): Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. William Osler Photo Collection Publication: Produced: [30 July 1919] Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: Taken at Osler's Oxford home, 13 Norham Gardens. Bierring was an American physician and professor of medicine. At the time this photo taken, Bierring was part of an American commission to study medical education and qualifying methods in Great Britain and France. La Garde was a retired colonel of the Medical Corps of the United States Army who was called back into active duty during the First World War. This was the last photograph ever taken of Osler, who died five months later on December 29, 1919.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.] Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101743406X76 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: GFBBFR Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X76 Archival Collection: The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)