Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from Charles Richet, Chateau de Carqueiranne, , France. Extract from letter. Richet comments on his trip to Toronto and of his encounter with Osler.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that they will leave for Cornwall next Thursday. Invites him and Locke to come for lunch and the afternoon on Wednesday. Indications for the train. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from Stanford E. Chaillé, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, USA. Chaillé regrets that he was not able to meet with Bowditch about the International Medical Congress. He comments on the "New" Committee's decision to replace Bowditch with himself. Although his friends and colleagues, Dr. Richardson and Dr. Davis have urged him to take the position, Chaillé would rather decline the offer. He asks Bowditch to inform Drs. Folsom and Chadwick about this situation.
Chaillé, Stanford E. (Stanford Emerson), 1830-1911
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him a lecture on Servetus and one in German for Fleischer of the Deutsche Revue. Comment on the interesting personality of Servetus. Mentions that Lauder Brunton has asked for his news. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from John S. Billings, Washington, D.C., USA. Billings lays out Bowditch's duties as Chairman of the medical education section of the Ninth International Medical Congress.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from John S. Billing, Washington, D.C., USA. Billings sends a memorandum of recommendations and nominations by the Executive Committee, which he urges Bowditch to promptly vote on.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 209, West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He writes of his upcoming trip to Europe to visit with family, attend "the Congress," and to visit small-town medical clinics. He is enjoying Baltimore and is impressed with the Hospital's progress.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Handwritten copy of original) Osler comments favourably on Bowditch's recent work, "Reform in Medical Education." Osler believes that the only omission is the subject of Chemistry, which he feels is crucial to the study of medicine.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Announces Foster's death. He is sending him The Times with the obituary notice. He does not know if he was ill. Tribute to the deceased. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Sends him the Bertholet address at the Academie Francaise. Details of the ceremony. Enjoyed his stay in Paris. He has been working at the Hospitals, took lectures at the Sorbonne, a course by Bergsen on Berckeley and one on Rabelais by Lefranc. Bergsen paid a tribute to William James. Osler has been working on his System and on some other articles. Details of his itinerary, Lyons, Montpellier, Avignon, Nimes, Arles and Italy. Hopes to sail May 1st. Civilities. Mention of Richet who is in Brazil.