RT Journal
A1 Bynum H
T1 Osler’s bedside library: Great writers who inspired a great physician
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD March 24
VO 303
IS 12
SP 1205
OP 1206
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.330
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.330
AB 
It is easy to imagine Sir William Osler (1849-1919) reading in bed. I do it myself—that was where I read this book. A book open on the dressing table in the morning seems to speak of an age of greater leisure, when surely even physicians had more time. Osler, however, is famous for how hard he worked and how much he fitted into each day. Nevertheless, life in medical school and the medical profession today is undeniably intense. The possibilities for life-enhancing (and frivolous) ways to spend precious off-duty hours have increased exponentially in comparison with the time of Osler, for whom reading and book collecting seem to have occupied much leisure time.