Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler writes about hosting a recent gathering of Surgeons at Oxford. He writes of recent literary acquisitions. He recently delivered his lecture, "Man's Redemption of Man," to an audience of 2500.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler writes of his pursuit of rare manuscripts and materials. He would like Cushing's assistant to write a paper on the "Pituitary" for the Quarterly Journal. Civilities.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, S.S. "Seti". Osler describes his voyage to Egypt. He visited the Hospital of the American Mission at Assiut. He tells of his acquaintance with a Pasha and reflects on the Muslim religion. He saw great books in the Khedival Library, where the Librarian offered Osler beautiful versions of the Koran in exchange for important 16th century Arabic texts held in the Bodleian Library.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, Grand Hotel, Naples, Italy. Osler describes a dream he had in which Cushing performed cerebral surgery on Hughlings Jackson.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler is interested in an autographed copy of Vesal that will appear at the Vandencorput sale. He would like to avoid bidding on the same items as Cushing.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler writes regarding literary acquisitions. He urges the Cushing's to plan a summer trip to Oxford.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Anna L. von du Osten, Secretary to Simon Flexner. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, New York, USA. On Flexner's request, von du Osten sends a reprint of Dr. M.C. Hall's "Two new genera of nematodes," which contains references to the organisms named after Osler. [See CUS417/73.1]
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Minis Hays, American Philosophical Society, 104 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Hays does not believe that Osler attended the International Congress of Medicine at Philadelphia in 1876. He suggests that Cushing consult the original registration manuscript kept in the Library of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia.