Fever, famine and war was one of William Osler's quotes.[1]
In 1896, at the American Medical Association, Sir William Osler presented "The study of the Fevers of the the South",[2][3] in which he stated
Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever.
The quote was used by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm in his book Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, published in 2017.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gisolfi, Carl V.; Mora, Professor of Human Physiology Francisco; Mora, Francisco; Teruel, Francisco Mora; Gisolfi, Louise (2000). The Hot Brain: Survival, Temperature, and the Human Body. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262071987.
- ^ Bryan, C. S. (November 1996). "Fever, famine, and war: William Osler as an infectious diseases specialist" (PDF). Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 23 (5): 1139–1149. doi:10.1093/clinids/23.5.1139. ISSN 1058-4838. PMID 8922814.1139-1149&rft.date=1996-11&rft.issn=1058-4838&rft_id=info:pmid/8922814&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/clinids/23.5.1139&rft.aulast=Bryan&rft.aufirst=C. S.&rft_id=https://watermark.silverchair.com/23-5-1139.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAl0wggJZBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggJKMIICRgIBADCCAj8GCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMoV-B8XIuXmFKEFptAgEQgIICEG7hMLNRDrzPMGYtwstUC3FirnFfsd83RFwvNGz0CRsB5J4AYO0IhaOsjt77gAOxL9_pLizufC21hkA7qE7JB8HbXca8h1sEf-ass9d6lkcMuwrMZu7nFCURd9rZNL3bqkoikOx2kLkVef_NLsDic4HcJZACE5SM64pRyqfCh8eXYmGDAoBm88mYMTXWC9-V69XsY667emJ5hWFYfSg6fy8UPn1jKOxRyTlSmd8PhlHO7GuuFA6kPNr6LePrpQF32RVjgWd4HrRXK8VFn9pbiue_GI0BjrYdF9rw1rp_42GYoXEzOIhXWMbjBiLi8VhZ9F57igzD6Lt4NIOhEYFN8vJX1K1r2UbHOYch3epwizI8mV0DD_hXKL9Kv1U0hm5BbH4WwmHYbqhaZADf-L-0Vz8Pv_hR7UB9wB8qzJZHsBsg0wQjbIB0B-K5qFZch5Pt1vBiAySbM6suyJiMBcEB8t-JGqZgjjmsYNz0TDU2mUcFDTgc8zOzbDbOMYmLx6knZkcUBA4_1X0v_rdz-x0fIHHOqeceXYOOAn6LfSkxkXlkDjXcFcV92a3SfuhUa6vaRyZ1tROmESPs53mlL5DP9Yb2_W7A2ZpGNRbH0MSATEBa9oC7K0DRnC9a-NByLf75dLE4P07qUtz6qe00dlf0rk_0IW9zhNtW3ta8e4EqbWECf3v8lxe64Gv1X6GIGFZeZw&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:User:Whispyhistory/sandbox" class="Z3988">
- ^ Osler, William (23 May 1896). "The Study of the Fevers of the South". Journal of the American Medical Association. XXVI (21): 999–1004. doi:10.1001/jama.1896.02430730001001. ISSN 0002-9955.999-1004&rft.date=1896-05-23&rft_id=info:doi/10.1001/jama.1896.02430730001001&rft.issn=0002-9955&rft.aulast=Osler&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/460338&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:User:Whispyhistory/sandbox" class="Z3988">
- ^ Osterholm, Michael T.; Olshaker, Mark (2017). Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316343688.