Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to have his letter from Gibraltar. Asks where is Nyon. Garrison told him of Klebs's plans at Washington. Asks if the Johns Hopkins Hospital said anything about a lectureship on the History of Medicine. Thinks that Klebs could build up a department on Sudhoff's lines. Mentions the Singers at the Bodleian. Hopes to have Withington next year. Still struggling with his incunabula address. Details about it. Details on his schedule of visits at the Canadian Hospitals and at the American Hospital. Revere is Birkett's orderly officer at the McGill Unit. They expect Cushing next week. Comments on the Vesal Celebration. They have postponed theirs until Heger can come. Mentions a great haul at the Bodley, 4000 books from Bywaters library.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Explains that the attitude is exactly the same that which they take in England, pretending that the behaviour of the Germans and the writings of the professoriate are the stigmata of a pronounced degeneracy. Says that it is hopeless to expect that they can agree on the subject, and proposes not to discuss it. Asks him to let them know when he will come to England. Mentions that they had a splendid meeting at the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, about Astruc on whom Alexander Simpson of Edinburgh read a paper. Glad that Cushing is coming to Paris.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (Received in the USA). It is a hopeless job to think of getting any truth between the two sides. Hostile remarks about the editors. Mentions that he seems to have been fortunate in Belgium. In England, they had very different stories told them by Americans who were there, and from the Belgian professors and doctors who gave first-hand ghastly stories. Glad to hear of Sudhoff and Muller. Discussions about how long will the war last. Thinks that the question is how long before the Germans and the Americans will fight against each other. Invites him to visit him if he comes to England.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Deplores that it seems impossible for both of them to interpret in the same way the causes that have led up to war. His opinion is that Grey's position was unanswerable, and he is glad that America is strongly with England in this view. Adds that Germany for years has been preparing to smash England. It is no good discussing matters. It has to be fought out to the bitter end. Details about the transformation of the Schools into hospital. Tells him to report to his German friends, that the worst wounded were German, such nice fellows. Word about the 15 Belgian professors. Denys is working on a big tuberculosis research.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to hear from him and to know that his family is off to America. Thinks that he could be very helpful near the fire line, as there must be lot to do. Informs him that the big Examination Schools and the Town Hall are full of wounded, mostly Belgians. Details on their work to settle the Belgian professors. Mentions Grace's step to raise money in America, of the Rockefeller Foundation offer. He is visiting the camps and the hospitals. He is just back from the American Hospital at Paris Singer's place in Devonshire. The American Red Cross unit is there. Fears that it will make an unbridgeable gulf between Germany and this country for many generations.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Asks him how he is in these hard days. The spirit of the country is remarkable. Supposes that he is tied up in Switzerland for the winter.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Asks him if he had found a picture of DelaTorre (Marc Antonio, the alleged anatomical co-worker of Leonardo da Vinci). He tried in vain to find one in Pisa. Mentions that they have been very busy this Spring that he has not been able to get away. Announces that Janeway has accepted the full time professorship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Barker and Thayer will remain as professors of clinical medicine and are delighted. It will make them strong in medicine.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will not be able to go to Wiesbaden, to his disappointment. Mentions that he had a letter from Roth. The latter declined his invitation to the Vesalius celebration in London, being to feeble. Good comments on his book on Vesalius. Mentions that he got good books at Burgersdjik and Niermans sale. Asks him to get a lecture ready for the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine next season.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him the Journal of Pathology, in which is a good notice of his father. Interested to hear that there is an Erastus" Stipendium" at Basle. Comments about it.
