Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She relates news of the family, particularly regarding health matters.
Letter to William Osler from Robert Palmer Howard, 47, Union Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Howard writes to offer Osler a lectureship in Practical Physiology at McGill. The fees from his students would be sufficient to cover all expenses. He advises Osler to come to Montreal immediately to begin working on his lectures. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 120-121.
Letter to William Osler from T. Herbert Warren, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Warren expresses his hope that Osler may consider taking up residence at Oxford.
Letter to William Osler from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. "Notes from books." Correspondence from "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," Holmes, 1883.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Cecil Chambers, 86, Strand, London, England. Informs him that he has given the original of the enclosed (his resignation from the C.A.M.C. in protest) to the D.M.S.. Asks him to keep this confidential for now and asks him his advice on the matter.
Letter to William Osler from Leonard L. Mackall. Thanks him to have ask Bixby to send his last extra copy of the Dofob Byron book which he was anxious to get. It is another proof of Osler's invariable great kindness to him. Cannot do more than send him all his most cordial regards and a few aggregations of bibliographical notes on Thomas Browne, on the Spanish Military Nun, on Osler's "Servetur" 1909. It contains three pages of these notes.
Letter to William Osler from Herbert Stanley Birkett, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Cable). Delighted that Revere is coming. He has mailed a letter with details last Friday.
Letter to William Osler from Darcy W. Thompson, 44 South St., St. Andrews, Scotland. Thanks for sending his address on the "Old Humanities" etc. and for kind words about an Aristotelian lecture. Has trouble understanding Oxford men, enjoyed jibes at Oliver Lodge and Conan Doyle. Was unable to complete work for Oslers Birthday Book.
Letter to William Osler from F. William Cock, 19, Randolph Road, Maida Hill, London, England. Details about a physician's stick with a perforated top for the aromatic vinegar sponge (pomander cane), which belonged to a Quaker family of Gurney. Details about the prices. Offers it to him before the Recrop sale.
Letter to William Osler from William C. Gorgas, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Acknowledgment of the receipt of his letter of the 22nd. Agrees with him regarding the typhoid and hopes that it is the last trouble that they will have. Hopes to see him. Civilities.