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Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)

Also known as: Sir William Bart Osler, Уильям Ослер, وليم أوسلر, 윌리엄 오슬러, ウイリアム・オスラー, 威廉·奥斯勒

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