Cushing's note on Osler's activities in 1915.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Comments on a picture of her baby. They had a house full for Christmas. Lists their guests. Details of their Christmas. Grace has not had time to think of anything, but the Belgians and she is acting as a distributing agent for American presents. It is wonderful. They received big packages every week. Word about Revere's devotion to books. Deplores that his son has to interrupt his studies, but Revere goes on with the military training and will take a commission when ready. His library grows apace. His brother gives him money to meet his extravagances, as he knows that the medical and scientific books are being collected for Canada. The weather is awful. The raids and bombs are doing much good, except to the poor sufferers, in rousing the country. The American Commission in Belgium is doing a marvellous work. Civilities.

Letter to Henry V. Ogden from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (Postcard). Enjoins him to publish an address. Suggests the Archives of Medicine. He has sent on Ogden's suggestion to Davis of the English School. Mentions that he had forgotten that he ever gave an address in M. Will be delighted with Frank's history. Jokes about it. Civilities. Wishes to have them here for a few weeks. All goes well in the country. Words about the bombs.

Letter to W. D. Keith from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted to hear such a good account. Sends a small subscription for encouragement. Advises him to go slow, and to find three or four men obsessed with the idea (Vancouver Medical Association) , to bring the project to its end. Best wishes for 1915. Word on the country which is in fine form. Civilities.

Letter to Adam H. Wright from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Nice to hear from him. Love to the family. Mentions that they are over head and ears in work. It is quite a job to look after 21 Belgian professors and their families. Explains that fortunately they got money from the USA and from the Rockefeller Foundation. There are 1000 wounded in the Big Examination Schools and the town hall. 75 % of them will return. Some of the Canadian Contingent spent Christmas with them. Words about the mud and the rain they had to endure. Revere is in the Oxford Training Corps. Optimistic comments on the spirit of the country. Ramsey Wright is well and happy here.

Extract from Archibald Malloch's journal. Cases at Radcliffe. Saw Richard Bright's book on Hungary.

Extract from Archibald Malloch's journal. Farms of Ewelme bring in 5000 pounds a year, and Osler, as Regius Professor and Master gets a little of it. Osler mentioned that since Revere had shown such taste for books, he had changed his will. Osler intends to make a catalogue of Bibliotheca Osleriana McGillensis. Details about his project.

Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Advises Malone to apply directly to the English Red Cross, where, with Adami's and Osler's letters, he would be sure to get work. Will find out from Malloch who visits them for Christmas, if there could be a chance with Mrs. Guest's hospital. Civilities. Season's greetings. Has no word about McGill Unit. Will jog Keogh again.

Letter to James William White from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He had distributed the copies with private letters to the Morning Post, the Spectator, the Saturday Review, the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the London Nation. Young Max-Muller said the copy he took has been circulated. Wishes to have more copies to send to Grey, Asquith, Haldane, Lloyd George, Earl Crewe, Harcourt, and Lord Iveagh, or White could send the copies directly to them with a private letter, saying it was sent at Osler's request. Details about the settlement of the Belgian professors. Things are going very well, the new army is being put into first-class form. Treves told him the organization is something that he never dreamt of when he looks back upon the South African experiences. The motor ambulance is making a great difference. The cases of septic wounds and of tetanus had decreased. Civilities.

Extract from Archibald Malloch's journal. Osler is pleased that he got Aristotle's' Opera. He had bought Hutchinson's Clinical collection for the Johns Hopkins Hospital. They decorated a small Christmas tree in the drawing room. Osler recalls a school escapade in Dundas and of being expelled.