Letter to Arthur Thomson from Harvey Cushing, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 721 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Cushing asks Thomson to explain how medical examinations are conducted in England. He would like to know if outside Examiners are called in, how there are chosen, and who they were between the years 1906-1919. Thomson replies on verso. [See CUS417/10.3 and CUS417/10.4]
Letter to Harvey Cushing from the Clarendon Press. The publisher writes of Osler's influence on the new edition of the "Religio Medici." He sends Cushing photographs.
Letter to Professor A.R.(?) Cushing from E.W. Bligh, Bligh & Co., 29 Hallam Street, Portland Place, London, England. Bligh points out an error on p. 616 of volume II of Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" regarding a rare manuscript purchased by Osler in 1915. Dr. Francis offered to have the passage in question removed when the book is next reprinted.
Letter to Havey Cushing from William Osler. Osler reports on his first few days in Oxford as the Regius Professor of Medicine. Includes manuscript notes and additional notes by William Francis.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Henry A. Christian, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 721 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Christian quotes from a letter from George D. Henderson in which he comments on Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler." He writes of Cushing's brother.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Alexander Gibson, 102, Medical Arts Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Gibson compliments Cushing on his book, "Life of Sir William Osler." He saw Osler in Edinburgh in 1907. He remarks that to many students, Osler was essentially the author of the Medical Bible.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Grace Revere Osler, Royal Victoria Hotel, Swanage, Dorset, England. The Oslers will spend two weeks in Swanage before facing life without Revere. She expresses her deep appreciation to Cushing for having been with Revere when he died.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Grace Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler had to cancel his meeting with the Harvard men. Lady Osler is disappointed that the Johns Hopkins has not done enough to help in the war effort. She reflects on the role of women in the war, and regrets that she is not a trained nurse. She comments on the abundance of war casualties, and hopes that Revere will be spared a similar fate.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Thomas McCrae, 1929, Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Precision brought by McCrae on the their book Modern Medicine (in USA) and A System of Medicine (in the English Edition). In the first edition, only Osler's name appeared while in the second edition both names appeared (Osler and McCrae). McCrae listed the articles produced by Osler in each volume.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Robert M. Yerkes, 631, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Yerkes is glad Cushing enjoyed his review of "Life of Sir William Osler." He reports on his medical condition.
