The Gold-Headed Cane, by William Macmichael 53557 [Author: Introduction by Sir William Osler and Preface by Francis R. Packard] [William Macmichael (1783-1879) was an English physician and historian. In 1827 he anonymously published _The Gold-Headed Cane_. The cane relates his life with six famous physicians: John Radcliffe, Richard Mead, Anthony Askew, William Pitcairn, David Pitcairn, and Matthew Baillie. The narrative is biographical and historical but provides only limited information about medical practices of the time. Its first owner, John Radcliffe, is best remembered today through the beneficence of his estate, which founded the Radcliffe Infirmary as well as an observatory and science library at Oxford.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/5/5/53557 ] [Files: 53557-h.htm; 53557-0.txt; ] [Clearance: 20160515163839macmichael] E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Thanks, Joe