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Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to G. Wickersheimer from William Osler. Wickersheimer was nominated as an honorary member of the Council of the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. Osler requests that Wickersheimer bring up the matter of the restoration of the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan before the French Society of the History of Medicine.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to Albert Chatard from William Osler. Osler has finally received the estimates for the restoration of the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan and would like to begin raising funds. He wants the Avicenna Club to be the official representative in the U.S. to receive subscriptions for the project.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to D.S. Margoliouth from William Osler. Turner would like Margoliouth to give an address on Avicenna before the Persia Society, after which Osler will speak about the proposal to repair Avicenna's tomb at Hamadan.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to Albert Chatard from William Osler. Osler will wait to issue the circulars regarding the restoration of the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan until he has received the official sanction of the Persian Government. He writes that his son, Revere, is just going up for his Christ Church examination.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to D.S. Margoliouth from William Osler. Turner has agreed on July 17, 1914 as the date for Margoliouth's lecture on Avicenna before the Persia Society.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to G.D. Turner from William Osler. Arrangements for Margoliouth and Osler's lectures on Avicenna before the Persia Society. Osler asks if he should bring some of his rare manuscripts of Avicenna's works.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to G.D. Turner from William Osler. Osler has just heard from Persia that the Shah, the Regent, and the Minister for Public Instruction have all approved of his scheme to restore the Tomb of Avicenna at Hamadan. Osler would like Turner to bring up the subject of the tomb at the next meeting of the Persia Society.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to M. Sa'eed from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler and Dr. Cowley were very glad to hear from Sa'eed and to know that he is safe. He writes of a rare manuscript by Rhazes.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Letter to Henry R. Viets, April 24, 1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to Henry R. Viets from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler is delighted with the de Cusa treasures Viets has located. He suggests that Viets write the introduction to the translated version of "De Staticis Experimentis."
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Letter to Henry R. Viets, November 16, 1919
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to Henry R. Viets from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler sends Viets the translation of de Cusa's "De Staticis Experimentis." He suggests that Viets consult the new History of Science man at Harvard for more information on de Cusa. He writes that he is better, although he is still in bed and still coughing.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919