The anatomy of courage

subordinate to medical duties. It also gives rise to thoughts about medicine's need to venerate its own great men, and the biographical forms used in doing it. This edition is very easy to read thanks to the size of page and clear typography, but it is appreciably more expensive than secondhand copies of earlier editions that are readily available. This volume with its realistic introduction by Hugh Dudley is a credit to the Keynes imprint of the British Medical Association. Howard's book illuminates the relationship between Osler and the Howard family. Palmer Howard acted as Osler's teacher and friend, a role that Osler himself performed for his godson, Campbell Howard, Palmer's son. The book contains much of interest to students of North American medicine, and to anyone finding out for himself about Osler's life.