Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Christmas greetings. Anxious about Revere who is on the Ancre. Mentions his cheerful letters. Details on the activities at the front. Opinion on Sam Hugues and on the CAMC. Will meet the 68 young Americans who will work for the London Army Hospital. Will help Blenkensop to settle them. Details on the cataloguing work of his library with the help of Hill of Bodley and of a woman. Susan Chapin is with them. Norman Gwyn has had trench fever. Mentions Rolleston, the Maggs brothers. Sends him "Sayles Ages of Man" for Christmas.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Has a reply to his query in Notes and Queries about the (Jewer) picture, from B. Whitehead of Brick Court, London. It looks hopeful. Will see the picture, if anywhere near. He is very busy. Positive comments on the American Units and on their impact. Mentions his worries about Revere. Civilities.
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.
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.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sorry about Mrs. Gilman's death. Kind comments about her. He is having a busy term, busy with the Bodleian. Mentions that there are too many bosses and not enough money. News of Revere. Details about Winchester's traditions. Will not be able to order the Aesculapius this year because he has to subscribe to the new building of the Royal Medical Society in London. Asks him if he bought the Gold Headed Cane. Glad that Marjorie is happy with Futcher. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him a copy of Erasmus Collogues. Asks him to hand it over to McCrae. They went visiting Revere. Glad that the B. & J. Club is prospering. Asks him to send his itinerary. May be able to join him after the Congress of International Medicine in Wiesbaden, at the end of April. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. It would be delightful if Jacobs could come to Edinburgh. Asks him the exact date of his return to Paris. News of Harry Chapin's health. Jackson, his doctor, wrote him about the details. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions Harry Chapin's death. Had thought of going to Holland first, but now plans to go to Paris about the 1st of June. They will take over Nona Gwyn and Ottilie Wright. Deplores the death of the King. Good comment on his successor King George. Glad that Jacobs will come to Edinburgh. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mention of Roth giving the Moro picture at the British Museum. Will write him of their plans from Murray Bay. If there is too much heat, they may go to Boston from Murray Bay, and go to the glades with Mrs. Chapin. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, Staplehurst, Dundas, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Informs him that he is in Baltimore. Futcher, McCrae, and Thayer are at home. Hopes that the Futcher's twins will arrive while he is there. Will go to Newport. Sorry he could not join the dinner. Civilities.
