Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to hear of him from Brown, whom he met in Paris. Brown and Jacobs had given him satisfactory account of his life. Jokes about the fact that Mrs. Klebs has made him a respectable member of the society. Mentions that they are sailing for Quebec on the 29th of July. Revere has to return for school in the middle of September, but Osler will stay until the beginning of October. Surprised that the Servetus monument at Vienna has not been erected yet. Sends him his address on Servetus. The Annemasse monument is very good.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to have his letter and to know that he is taking course on Swiss theology. Recommends a course on the work of Melanchthon who lectured on physiology. Asks him to look for papers and books of Melanchthon for him. Asks him a copy of Roth (on Vesalius). Mentions that Klebs' book had had good reviews. Thanks him for calling his attention to the review by Naegeli. Von Mering's book is excellent.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He has been interested in Hutten for years, and would like to get the reference to the expression "winged worms" as a cause of syphilis.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. W. is a shocking crank, and Klebs' remarks were appropriate and will do good. The College of Physicians are pretty sore having given him the Parkes-Weber prize. Mention that the text-book is on the last lap.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Depending on the day Klebs reaches London, he invites him to a dinner, that he is giving at the Athenaeum Club, for the officers and some of the staff of the Pathological Society of Great Britain to meet Flexner. Invites him to hear him discourse on acute pneumonic phthisis and show specimens at the Brompton Hospital. Invites him to lunch on Thursday with his wife at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall. Mentions that he heard good comments about Klebs' lecture.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Invites him to come at the meeting of that evening of the Clinical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, over which he presides.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Compliments his variolation paper in this month's Bulletin. Mentions that he is deep in the preparation of his lectures (for Yale) and hopes to finish them before he sails early in April. He had not heard yet what he got from the Leyden sale. Mentions that Wellcome is preparing the most extraordinary historical exhibit for the Congress that has never been seen.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is getting ready to go to Baltimore next week. Mentions his purchase from Leyden. He got the first edition of "La nouvelle methode" (Descartes, 1673).
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him the books that Maltby (book binder) has returned (Religio Medici, Observations of Sir Kenelm Digby, Religio Jurisconsulti, Hudibras). Comments on the Religios. Mentions that he bought Lord Herbert's Religio. He had received his Leyden books, in which is the original edition of Descartes. Recommends he begin in Washington and work at the Library.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that he had been swamped with work for the past two weeks. Complaints about the many meetings and the congress details. Asks him if he will attend the Congress.