Postcard to William Osler from John Davy Rolleston. The reference to Comby's paper on acute encephalitis in children is Archives de Medecine des Enfants, Octobre 1907, p.577.
Letter to William Osler from Henry Phipps. Sorry to have miss him in Oxford and America. He had been trying to get several copies of the "Life of Pasteur", by Vallery Radot, but could not find any copy. Would like to reprint 250 copies for distribution through the Oxford University Press, the Johns Hopkins University, and other institutions. Details on the price. Asks him to write an introduction to the reprint, sends him an honorarium, and asks for his views on the subject. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from W.R. Gowers, 50, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London, England. "Notes from Books." Gowers thanks Osler for dedicating "On Chorea and Choreiform Affections" to him. He writes of Mrs. Cardew, an excellent editor whom he highly recommends.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Pembroke House, 133 Oxford Street, London, England. Accepts the invitation. Information about Finley. Gives him the address of the latter and of Falconer. Invites Osler to join them at a Farewell dinner to Finley and Starkey at the Canadian Officers Club.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Cecil Chambers, 86, Strand, London, England. Informs him that he has given the original of the enclosed (his resignation from the C.A.M.C. in protest) to the D.M.S.. Asks him to keep this confidential for now and asks him his advice on the matter.
Letter to William Osler from S.S. Cohen, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Cohen writes that Osler has received the greatest honour for an English speaking teacher of medicine with his appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Cohen hopes that Osler will succeed in stirring up the young doctors of England has he had done in Philadelphia.
Letter to William Osler from W.A. Johnson, "The Parsonage", Weston, Ontario, Canada. Johnson thanks Osler for the package he sent containing the book by Mivart. He laments the fact that so few in Canada will read and converse on such subjects as Mivart brings to the surface.
Letter to William Osler from Walter Hines Page, London, England. He accepts with pleasure his invitation for the dinner to Jastrow. Sympathetic comments on Osler's dinners. Will try his best to attend to the lecture. Civilities.