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ARTICLE | June 2, 1989

The Principles and Practice of Medicine

Frank D. Gray, MD
JAMA. 1989;261(21):3176-3177. doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03420210126032.
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The authors of the 22nd edition of The Principles and Practice of Medicine trace its lineage to the first edition by Sir William Osler published in 1892. Osler saw the need for an American textbook of medicine and conceived a plan to publish one written by members of his department at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to be revised at regular intervals.

Unable to find anyone to take over this "one-department book" at Hopkins when he left there, Osler first recruited Thomas McCrae at Jefferson Medical College and later Henry Christian at Harvard Medical School, who assumed responsibility for the 10th through the 16th editions (1926 through 1947). A 21-year hiatus followed until, in 1968, Hopkins again took up the task beginning with the 17th edition, and with two decades of sponsorship by Hopkins the textbook appears to have a durable home there.

At the time of Osler's early editions the

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