Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is getting ready to go to Baltimore next week. Mentions his purchase from Leyden. He got the first edition of "La nouvelle methode" (Descartes, 1673).
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him the books that Maltby (book binder) has returned (Religio Medici, Observations of Sir Kenelm Digby, Religio Jurisconsulti, Hudibras). Comments on the Religios. Mentions that he bought Lord Herbert's Religio. He had received his Leyden books, in which is the original edition of Descartes. Recommends he begin in Washington and work at the Library.
Letter to Anson Phelps Stokes from William Osler, R.M.S. "Campania". Will get to New Haven in the evening of the 19th. Announces that his address on Sunday will be "A Way of Life", which will last 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour. Will send a synopsis of his six lectures on the Evolution of Modern Medicine. Details about them. It will make an interesting book. Mentions that he will write Blumer that he is at the disposal of the Medical School for clinics and demonstrations every day. He has a lecture on Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy" for the English Literature Students. Hopes to see as much as possible of the students and professors.
Clipping from The San Francisco Call, April 20, 1913. "CARDINAL GIBBONS SCORES DR. OSLER-TAKES EXCEPTION TO SCIENTIST'S ALLUSION TO SAINTS IN CLINIC SPEECH-OXFORD PROFESSOR HAD REFERRED SLIGHTINGLY TO THE FOLLOWERS OF THE SHRINE."
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Leonard L. Mackall, Wonalancet Farm, Mount Whittier, New Hampshire, USA. Photostat of the Baltimore Sun, April 19, 1913. "SHOCKS THE CARDINAL- NEWEST OSLERISM AROUSES PRELATE'S INDIGNATION.- PLANS TO WRITE TO SIR WILLIAM- SAYS HE WILL ASK HIM TO RETRACT REFERENCE TO "INCANTATIONS AND TO THE SAINTS." Enclosed is an original letter from Leonard L. Mackall to Cushing reporting that Osler told him himself that as soon as the Cardinal saw the article, he had rushed to see Osler to state to him that he never made any such reference to the Address which he thought fine and had never made any comments about it to anyone, nor he had ever seen a reporter on the subject.
Letter to Lawrence C. Wroth from Leonard L. Mackall, 420, Riverside Drive, New York, USA. Quotes Osler in his address made at the opening of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, April 16th, 1913. One of the Baltimore newspaper published an account of the Cardinal's having strongly objected to this statement. Anecdote about the Cardinal rushing to see Osler and that it was a journalistic fabrication. Requests the Photostats of it. Civilities.
Letter to Leonard L. Mackall from Lawrence C. Wroth, The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Sends him a typewritten copy of the article "Cardinal vs. Baronet" in the Morning Sun, April 19, 1913. If it is not what he wants, he could have a Photostat made of the whole issue. Civilities.
Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman), 1884-1970
Letter to Editor of the Evening Sun from Leonard L. Mackall, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Letter, dated April 18th, 1913, to the Editor of the Evening Sun. "Dr. Osler's Tribute to Baltimore." Responds to a semi-anonymous critic who wrote a letter against the content of the editorial on Osler, who gave a lecture at the opening of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic.
Letter to Anson Phelps Stokes from William Osler, 23, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Will lecture on the Oxford University Press at Cambridge on the evening of the 29th. Asks him if it is possible to postpone the lecture of the 25th for the 26th. He wishes to go to the Billings Memorial services at New York on that day. Civilities.
Letter to James William White from William Osler, 23, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Sorry to have missed him. Declines his invitation to be in Philadelphia on May 10th, because of an engagement in Toronto on that day. Sorry as he should have been present for the sake of Mr. Phipps. Invitation to visit them in Oxford. Civilities.