Letter to William Osler from William Francis Smith, 2, rue Jeanne d'Albret, La Rochelle, France. Notes from books, inserted in Rabelais, W.F. Smith, 1893. Account of his pilgrimage in Rabelais' country, in La Rochelle. Opinion on the knowledge of Arabian Medicine by Rabelais. Comments on several editions of Rabelais books. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Abraham Jacobi, 19 E., 47th Street, New York, USA. Birthday greetings on his seventieth anniversary. States that Osler is eminently the indispensable man in medicine.
Letter to William Osler from J. Beattie Crozier, 9, Elgin Avenue, London, England. Enthusiastic comments on his address to the Classical Association. Critics of it. Mentions his financial problems. Civilities.- Attached is an extract from an unidentified magazine. "THE TRAGEDY OF A SCHOLAR", by T.P. O'Conor, from the Daily Telegraph, January 11, 1919. It is an article on Beattie Crozier.
Letter to William Osler from Howard Atwood Kelly, Indian Point, Magnetawan, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for his classical association address. Underlines the fact that many persons love him and admire him. Quotation from the Bible, questions his faith. Mentions that Burnam and he are looking for a first class pathologist in their sanatorium. Details on their requirements. Asks his help to find one. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Robert Cecil, 100, Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, England. Deeply impressed by the accounts of the mortality and suffering among children of Germany. Views with dismay the idea of cession by Germany of a number of their cows and goats. Had been suggested to lay before the Reparation Committee in Paris the enclosed memorial on the subject. Hopes that Osler will sign it, as its influence could induce the committee to accept it.- Attached is the list of persons who have been asked to sign the memorial and the memorial.
Letter to William Osler from Friedel Pick, Prague, Czech Republic. Acknowledges his letter. Thanks the Oslers. Says that it is the first sunbeam after a long time of darkness and humiliation. The heaviest thing for him will be the impossibility to travel in countries where he had good memories, and that he will not be able to meet friends like them. Details on his work during the war. He is now chairman of the German branch society against consumption in Prague. Thanks him for offering his help, which he does not need for the moment. Heard from Wenckebach how important Osler's help was to the Vienna children. Reply on the question of the future of the German University. Reply on the question of pseudocirrhosis with polycythaemia. Details about a case he had seen. Interested in getting a copy of a lecture on the two cases of soldiers, if printed. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from S. Langdon, England. The French post is not prepared to accept packages of the weight imposed by the medical tablet (Assyrian Tablet). Suggests he send one of his friends to pick it up. Gives him the address of Professor Vincent Scheil where the tablet is. Suggestion about the honorarium for Scheil 's brother for his work.
Letter to William Osler from Frederick G. Kenyon, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Congratulations on his election to The Club. Pointed out the fact that Pember and Osler who were both elected members at the same time, were also members of the Oxford Club which shares the same motto as The Club.
Letter from Geoffrey Keynes, Grove House, Hollywood Road, London, England, to William Osler. Keynes reports on the progress of his Sir Thomas Browne Bibliography. After writing the first draft, Cosmas has retired from working on the book and has gone off to the country to become a farmer, leaving Keynes to do the rest alone. Keynes writes of his own career and the birth of his son.
Letter to William Osler from Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, St. Clare, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. Thanks for his paper. Asks precisions about the first seven lines on p.2. States that he cannot agree with Owen while he says "The sign of the truth is the general acceptance". Discussion about it. Will not appear before the Anaesthesia Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. Mentions his old age and comments on his own life. Civilities.