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William Osler, an Uncommon card
Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 78,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
William Osler quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Osler card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of ______.
Answer
physicians. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians. From the William Osler article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dan Gurney. Dan Gurney 87 · Hugo Grotius 81 · William Osler 78 · Tom Crean 74 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians.
- He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope".
- In addition to being a physician he was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Osler article was read about 78,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get William Osler
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Osler (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
