Letter to William Henry Welch from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Hopes he will return back from Cannes by England. Disappointed not to being in Cannes (International Red Cross Conference). Mentions the nice reports from Baltimore about the way Welch introduced the subject of the Library and the Club (Tudor and Stuart Club).
Letter to William Henry Welch from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Will go to Lyons to visit the best clinics in France, and to see Symphorien Champier and Rabelais's environment. He wishes he to stop in Vienna to call on Servetus and Apollos Rivoire, the father of Paul Revere. Mention that he read the Servetus trial for Astrology, 1437. Bibliographical reference. Plans to go to Montpellier to see Rondeletius to read about ichtyology. Plans to go to Nimes and Avignon. Enjoyed his stay in Paris. Mention of the revolt against Bouchard. The latter has been kind to him. Word about the speech and the ceremony at the Academie Francaise. Details on his lectures at the Library. Mention of Seymour Thomas's portrait of Osler. Itinerary of his trip in Italy. The Rush are coming. Read Swinburne and his children's poems.
Letter to William Henry Welch from Henry Phipps. He offers to the JHH the funds necessary for the erection and equipment of a psychiatric hospital on its grounds. He will provide funds for the maintenance and the professorship for ten years from the time of the opening. He would like them to admit in priority patients from Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York, cities where he is associated. Hopes that the clinic may serve as an example of what such institution should be, and be a stimulus to the establishment of similar hospitals.
Letter to William Henry Welch from Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. As per Welch's request, Flick has sketched out a constitution and by-laws for the newly formed United States Society for the Study of Tuberculosis.
Letter to William Henry Welch from Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Invitation to the meeting of the Tuberculosis Committee and Professor Maragliano's lecture in Philadelphia. Includes a special invitation to a lunch in honour of Maragliano. Other men invited to the lunch include Jacobs, V.Y. Bowditch, Jacobi, Janeway, Biggs, and Klebs.
Letter to William Henry Welch from Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Flick believes that for the good of the crusade against Tuberculosis, the Tuberculosis Committee should absolutely ignore both Daniel Lewis and Clark Bell. However, if the majority of the Committee agrees to support Lewis, Flick will withdraw and remain in retirement.
