Letter to Sir John MacAlister from William Osler. The Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine has approved Osler's scheme to restore the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan. Osler will also seek approval from the Presidents of the College of Physicians and the College of Surgeons, and would like the work to be done under the auspices of the French Society for the History of Medicine. He is also awaiting official sanction from the Persian Government.
Letter to Sir John MacAlister from William Osler. Osler can do nothing more with his plans to restore the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan until he receives the official sanction of the Persian Government. He will call a meeting of the Council and submit a scheme for the Vesalius demonstration, to take place in January after the celebration in Brussels.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (Postcard). Reply to MacAlister inquiry about the title of one of his papers which he does not remember. Apologies for not having sent back Hurst's letter.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. News from their holiday. He is back to his pre-war weight. Will see him on Monday. Suggests that the Fellowship should invite F. Hoffman, vp of the Prudential Insurance Coy. of America. Comments on the latter. He has written to Rolleston about him.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Apologizes for inability to come. Today, he has to got to London to say goodbye to Page. Tomorrow, he has Billings, Philip King Brown and Seymour and has to go to Taplow. Mentions also the revision of his textbook to which the printers are anxious to get.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Tells him that he is a good friend but a bad diagnostician. Explains that he has had a series of unpleasant worries, chiefly about the Canadian Hospitals but is free of it now. It is an injustice to Jones, the director who has been recalled. America would kill Osler dead. He is having a peaceful week.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will talk with him when he gets the details on the other Medical Library buildings, illustrating what has been done elsewhere. Does not agree with the possible choice of the Hanover Building for the Library of their Society. Should carry out a plan of campaign. 1. Informing the members of the profession, 2. the families of notable old members, 3.the public. Suggests to contact Carnegie with a statement of their activities, he may help them like he did in Philadelphia.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the note and for the Frankenstein memo. Enjoyed the men they had at the meeting on the 19th. Thinks that they should have more specific war meetings. Suggestions of topics : discussion on paratyphoid fever, the war nephritis, trench fever, the Dardanelles diarrhea, the soldier's heart.
