Osler Library of the History of Medicine
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The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is a renowned special collections library in Montreal dedicated to the historical study of medicine, built around the personal collection of physician Sir William Osler.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Osler Library of the History of Medicine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1274472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Osler Library of the History of Medicine Context triple: [McGill University Library, hasPart, Osler Library of the History of Medicine]
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A.
Countway Library of Medicine
The Countway Library of Medicine is a major academic medical library affiliated with Harvard University, serving as a key resource for biomedical research, education, and historical collections in the health sciences.
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B.
The Health Museum
The Health Museum is an interactive science and health education museum in Houston that focuses on the human body, wellness, and medical science.
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C.
Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library Company of Philadelphia is an early American subscription library and learned society that became a center of intellectual life in colonial and early national Philadelphia.
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Cabot Science Library
Cabot Science Library is a major Harvard University library focused on supporting undergraduate education and research in the sciences and related fields.
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E.
United States National Library of Medicine
The United States National Library of Medicine is the world’s largest biomedical library and a key U.S. government institution for biomedical information services and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Osler Library of the History of Medicine Target entity description: The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is a renowned special collections library in Montreal dedicated to the historical study of medicine, built around the personal collection of physician Sir William Osler.
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A.
Countway Library of Medicine
The Countway Library of Medicine is a major academic medical library affiliated with Harvard University, serving as a key resource for biomedical research, education, and historical collections in the health sciences.
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B.
The Health Museum
The Health Museum is an interactive science and health education museum in Houston that focuses on the human body, wellness, and medical science.
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C.
Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library Company of Philadelphia is an early American subscription library and learned society that became a center of intellectual life in colonial and early national Philadelphia.
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D.
Cabot Science Library
Cabot Science Library is a major Harvard University library focused on supporting undergraduate education and research in the sciences and related fields.
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E.
United States National Library of Medicine
The United States National Library of Medicine is the world’s largest biomedical library and a key U.S. government institution for biomedical information services and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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medical history library ⓘ special collections library ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritorialEntity |
Quebec, Canada
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surface form:
Quebec
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| affiliatedWith | McGill University ⓘ |
| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| collectionBuiltAround | personal collection of Sir William Osler ⓘ |
| collectionSize |
over 100000 items
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tens of thousands of monographs ⓘ thousands of rare books ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | historical study of medicine ⓘ |
| fieldOfCollection |
history of medicine
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medical humanities ⓘ |
| foundedBy | William Osler ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
archival materials
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ephemera ⓘ historical medical instruments ⓘ incunabula ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ photographs ⓘ portraits ⓘ prints ⓘ rare books ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
preserve rare and historical medical materials
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provide access to special collections for scholars and students ⓘ support research in history of medicine ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollection |
early printed medical books
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historical medical portraits and prints ⓘ medical manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance ⓘ works by and about William Osler ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Osler Room
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rare books vault ⓘ reading room ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/osler ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
McGill University
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Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | McIntyre Medical Sciences Building ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Osler ⓘ |
| operatedBy | McGill University Library ⓘ |
| partOf | McGill University Library ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
opening of the library in 1929
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relocation to the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly research on history of medicine ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Osler Library of the History of Medicine Description of subject: The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is a renowned special collections library in Montreal dedicated to the historical study of medicine, built around the personal collection of physician Sir William Osler.
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