Letter to William Osler from Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Arrangements for Osler's upcoming lecture in Philadelphia. Flick asks for Osler's help in uniting the workers on Tuberculosis in an effort to bring the International Congress on Tuberculosis to the U.S. in 1905. Flick points out the degeneracy of the old Congress on Tuberculosis and the rising need for a new and improved organization.
Letter from Malcolm Letts, 8, Bartlett's Buildings, Holburn Circus, London, England, to William Osler. Letter inserted in "A Catalogue of the Libraries of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne..." Letts accepts an offer to come to Oxford to peruse Osler's vast collection of Sir Thomas Browne's works. He has not had luck locating a copy of the Sale Catalogue and has had to work form the copy at the British Museum.
Letter to William Osler from Murray Maclaren, Cecil Chambers, 86 Strand, London, England. Maclaren urges Osler not to proceed with his resignation as consultant to the Canadian Army Hospitals.
Letter to William Osler from H.A. Bruce, Cecil Chambers, 86 Strand, London, England. Bruce writes of matters relating to the Taplow affair. A committee of officers investigated the Duchess of Connaught Hospital and determined that the Matron, Edith Campbell, should be changed. Gen. G.C. Jones was then consulted and on his authority, Campbell was removed. Bruce writes of the sacrifices he made in order to better the Canadian Medical Service. He explains that Jones was recalled to Canada to re-organize the medical service there. Bruce makes no apologies for his handling of the Canadian Army Medical Corps affair.
Letter to William Osler from Margaret Macdonald, Cecil Chambers, 86 Strand, London, England. Macdonald believes that Edith Campbell's removal was justified. She writes that there is much Osler does not know about the inquiry and even Campbell understands where she went wrong. Gen. G.C. Jones's recall to Canada has been a great blow to the Medical Service.
Letter to William Osler from Julia Drummond, London, England. Drummond thanks Osler for his message, which she assumes he would not like to be made public.
Letter to William Osler from Sir Robert Borden, Government, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Borden assures Osler that Gen. G.C. Jones will not be dismissed without the most careful consideration and fullest opportunity to reply in his own defense.
Letter to William Osler from T. W. Jackson, 8 Bradmore Road, Oxford, England. Notes from books: "Inserted in Pietas Oxoniensis in Memory of Sir Thomas Bodley, Knt." Jackson heard from an informant that E.W.B. Nicholson, the Bodleian Librarian, was roaming the streets, displaying abnormal behaviour, unfit to be unattended. Jackson asks for Osler's help in the matter.