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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 Jacobs, Henry Barton, 1858-1939
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Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, July 19, 1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted and surprised by the July Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thanks for recalling his tuberculosis work. Account of his birthday gathering. Miss Revere. Mentions his Class Association address. Details about the meeting. Details about Revere's book. Mentions that he received the 1859 Omar, Fitzgerald's presentation copy to Max Muller. Political comments on the Peace League, the Anglo-Saxon people and on the labour people. Civilities.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, January 8, 1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the Book Collectors book by Newton. Revere would have appreciated it. Details about his plan for Revere's book. They had a rushed Christmas. Hopes to have Cushing soon. Thayer will give Jacobs the late news of them. Hugh Young and Wyatt visited him. Civilities.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, May 17, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the Shelly Letters. Mentions Revere's interest in it and of the Every-man's Library copy of the Poems he carried everywhere. Word about his project to put all Revere's books together for a purpose. The catalogue and the books he would have loved bring his loss home to their hearts every hour. Repeats his disappointment about the Jenner portrait. Thompson will look at it but Osler fears that it is a copy.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, December 13, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Has had from the Liverpool Tropical School a Mary Kinglsey medal which he will give Jacobs for his Baltimore Collection. It goes out to McCulloch. Asks him to thank the Secretary of the School for it. Love to the dear old man. Kind comments on Parkes Webber's 3rd edition of Aspects of Death in Art. Hampton Robb has been there. Draper is here today investigating the endemic encephalitis. Alonzo Taylor and Winter will come this weekend. Asks him to ask Storer if he has vol. 35 of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, May 16, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Saw the supposed Smith portrait of Jenner. Doubtful about it. Has asked Thompson of the Wellcome Museum about it. Mentions his disappointment as he had hoped it was the original picture.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, July 10, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Rejoices in the fact that the old Faculty has thriven financially. Mentions the Frick Fund report. States that they only need a new Hall for the meeting. Hopes to be able to help with it. Mentions them making their house feehold and their project to leave it to the University as a permanent home for his successors. He has a scheme for Revere's books and his non-medical ones which were to go to his son. Mentions the wedding of Reginald Fitz and Phoebe Wright. Jason Mixter, Forbes and Georges Denny were there. They have always people at home. Mentions Hampton Robb who is at home with the flu. Kind comments on the latter. He has bought the edition principal of Plato (Aldine) and the ed. principal of Copernicus, 1543. Susan Chapin is a trump. Word about the 4th of July celebration in London.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, November 20, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They are heartbroken over the loss of Bruce, the son of the Futchers. Futcher has written how helpful Jacobs has been in their sorrow. Fears that Marjorie is far from well. Mentions a Jenner collection to be sold at Sotheby's. Has inquired and Wellcome will try to buy the whole lot. Maggs may be able to offer Jacobs some things. Wellcome scooped the 1500 Galen from Osler and several items he tried to buy for the Sargent General's Library. Mentions Thayer and Longcope who spent the weekend with them. The Osler's are both well and busy. Susan Chapin and W.W. Francis come each weekend. Comments on the end of the war. Sends him a memo about the Library they are founding in Revere's memory at the Johns Hopkins University. Asks him to talk it over with Welch and the President. Would accept any alterations.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs, December 6, 1918

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Maggs missed everything in the Jenner lot. Wellcome bought them all. The Sears miniatures of Harvey, Sydenham were declared to be fakes. Sends him through Flexner his bronze plaque of Huxley. Compassion for the Futchers. Mentions that Marjorie wrote them about Jacobs' help. Civilities and Christmas greetings.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler has contacted Alexander Abbott about accepting a position at Oxford.

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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