Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Facetious comments on the medallion Thayer sent him.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks and comments on a photograph. Mentions the rumours that Barker will not be able to accept the new conditions. Hopes that Thayer may be able to but warns him to not let the Trustees exploit his brains for the private patients. Comments about that. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the bundle of reprints. Gibson will be pleased to have his 3rd sound article, having been working at the subject. He has too much teaching with the Pathology classes. Invitation to come during Summer. Hopes to see him in September. Few men from this side are going, but they are quality men. Positive comments on Hamman's work on Tuberculosis in Maryland. Meyer is his man for Phipps new psychiatric clinic. Cabot has had a good visit. Mentions that the Heart Section in Vol. IV is inferior to what Thayer could have written. He is disappointed that some sections are not quite up to date. Pratt's section is A.1. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 7, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. News about the settling in the Max-Mueller house. He confides that it will take months to acclimatize to their new country. Comments on the clinical facilities and on the work done in the physiological laboratory. Osler says that he went to the College Club Dinner and that it was interesting.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Greetings for the New Year. Jack McCrae, Campbell Gwyn, and one of his nephews with two friends were there for Christmas. Details of the Christmas in the wards of the Examination Schools. They do not have many serious cases and no typhoid. Archibald Malloch who visited them for Christmas said there were nearly 3000 cases in the Dunkirk district. The country is doing well and they are optimistic as the Germans are still in Belgium. American sympathy, moral and pecuniary, are very appreciated in England. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Asks news of Sister Susan. They are busy and have the house full. Revere has gone off to France with the McGill Unit. It is a splendid opportunity for him. It is a slack time. Campbell Howard will not find much to do for a time in the medical way.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted with the book they send him for Christmas. Deplores Woodrow Wilson's mistake about the peace. Rejoiced on how Abraham Lincoln is quoted in England. Gives his position on the peace. Mentions his bronchitis. News of Revere. Best Wishes for 1917.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sorry that Sister Susan is still ill. Love to her. Asks if anything being done in USA about the C. memorial. Sends him a copy of a circular. Suggests he have it translated and to make an appeal in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has done it successfully with the Lancet. He is busy. Mentions cases of Para-A. Is going to Liverpool to see W. Johnston.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Heard from Finney of the illness of Sister Susan and of Thayer's great loss. Norton told Jacobs that she was in hospital but said nothing about the nature of the illness. Hopes that she is better and best wishes to her. Mentions their sailing to Quebec on the 29th of July. Will surely meet him. Grace and Revere will return to England for the beginning of School in early September. Osler will stay unless the Caius Celebration happens earlier. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Announces him that he will not be able to leave. Grace and Revere sailed two weeks ago and will return by the same steamer. Supposes that his wife thinks that it is not right to be away when there is much to do. The Examination Schools have been transformed into a hospital ready for 480 patients. Comments on the climate in England. Sorry that he had been operated. He has written to Hurd and to Smith. Has tried to find Welch who is on the Continent.