Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler sends the description of the "touch pieces." He also sends a copy to Storer and to the Boston Collection.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler writes of the New York and Oxford Historical Societies. He has finished his incunabula list to 1480 and will soon send a copy.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler thanks Garrison for sending Vol. IX and X, 2nd series of the Index Catalogue. He sends his regards to Dr. Fletcher.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler is glad that Garrison has put in a claim for Fracastorius. He suggests that Garrison consult Boyce's book, "Mosquitoes and Man." He sends his regards to Fletcher and to the Surgeon General.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Encloses a letter that he had sent him thinking he was in France.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted with a chapter on Billings, predicts a great success for the volume. Will send the proofs to Miss Acland when she returns from Madeira. Asks him for a list of his incunabula, up to and including 1480. Would like to put S.G.L. after a good many. Things are going well. Wishes to shut up the newspapers for six months and close the Ananias and Saphias Clubs. Feels sorry for Klebs, as America must be a cold place for the German sympathisers. Love to Gorgas.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Apologizes for having neglected him but with his Secretary, butler and chauffeur gone, he is in a hopeless mess. He is in arrears with work. Still struggling with the Early printed Incunabula paper, a new edition and with many interesting cases of sick and wounded. Mentions the many cases of para-typhoid from the Dardanelles. Mentions the visit to Oxford of the Harvard Unit. Word about the fire in their dining-room. Hopes he had a good trip with Klebs. Good reports on Garrison's book. Klebs' paper in the S.H.B. is interesting. Asks him when he will issue a second edition, as he has a few corrections. Mentions the good form of the country and of the army. They exclude the idea of an inconclusive peace. Gives his opinion on the war. Greetings to the librarians and to Klebs.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They would be glad to have the Tripler book, either at the Bodleian or for the College of Physicians. Glad that he read a paper on Foster. Enjoins him to publish it, as a tribute to this man who devoted himself to his students and to the development of the Cambridge school. He has not yet sent him a list of the errata (history). He is using his book all the time. Love to Gorgas and to his friends.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that his paper will be read at an early meeting, and will go on their transactions. Crawfurd is pleased about it. Will be interested to see his book. News from the history section. Jastrow's lecture was a success. Elliott lectured on Egyptian Medicine, and Caton on Greek Temples. Informs him that the publication of his (Silliman) lectures has been delayed. Delighted that he is undertaking the life of Billings. Pleased that he is getting on with the Incunabula Catalogue. Mentions that he hopes before long to print his paper on early printed books up to 1480. Explanations of this work. Mentions that he got from Persia an Avicenna Manuscript, and a canon written in1190. Mentions the estimate for the renovation of the tomb.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the copies of "Science". Will send one to the Gaskells. Comments about it. The people at the Hospital at Paignton will be delighted to have the war volumes. All goes well. The Belgian professors are comfortably settled. Deplores Van Gehuchten's death in Cambridge. Civilities.