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Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous award-winning books in business and political history as well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the first historian to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Books by Michael Bliss

The Discovery of Insulin

Right Honourable Men

Writing History

The Making of Modern Medicine

Harvey Cushing

Right Honourable Men Updated Reissue

The Discovery of Insulin

William Osler

Conscience and History

Banting

A Canadian Millionaire

Social Planning for Canada

The Queen v Louis Riel

The Rapids

The Social History of Canada