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Osler Centenary Papers: Management of pleural infection: Osler’s final illness and recent advances

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Sir William Osler’s great work and achievements are extensively documented. Less well known is his prolonged battle with postinfluenza pneumonia, lung abscess and pleural infection that eventually led to his demise. At the age of 70, he was a victim of the global Spanish influenza epidemic, and subsequently developed pneumonia. In the era before antibiotics, he received supportive care and opium for symptom control. The infection extended to the pleura and he required repeated thoracentesis w...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Experimental Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1195-1680
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Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0036-511X
Publisher:
BMJ Publisher's website
Journal:
Postgraduate Medical Jurnal Journal website
Volume:
95
Issue:
1130
Pages:
656-659
Publication date:
2019-11-21
Acceptance date:
2019-08-06
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EISSN:
1469-0756
ISSN:
0032-5473
Pmid:
31754057
Language:
English
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pubs:1075807
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uuid:11a4db1f-5cc0-49b9-846d-7e4573e5697f
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pubs:1075807
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1075807
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2019-12-03

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