Letter to William Osler from Edward Livingston Trudeau, Saranac Lake, New York, USA. Thanks him for his tribute in the "Journal of the Out of Door Life". Shows his admiration to Osler. Mentions that he has been sick for five weeks. Civilities. Extract of Osler' s tribute to Trudeau from the "Journal of the Out of Door Life".
Letter to William Osler from James A. Lindsay, 3, Queen's Elms, Belfast, Ireland. Lindsay comments favourably on Osler's Ingersoll Lecture, "Science and Immortality." Lindsay expresses his own opinions on the topic of death and immortality. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She relates news of family and friends, particularly regarding the poor health of Charles Gwyn, Chattie's husband.
Letter to William Osler from Sir John Burdon Sanderson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. According to the President of Oxford, Osler is free to choose between Oriel and Magdalen College. Burdon-Sanderson favours Magdalen College.
Letter to William Osler from H. Boyd, Principal, Hertford College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Boyd thanks Osler for sending a copy of "Science and Immortality." He believes that he met Osler's father many years ago during his trips to England.
Letter to William Osler from A.M. Blagden, Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that he had been appointed to a studentship, 100 pounds per year, from 16th of November 1911 for seven years.
Letter to William Osler from Rudyard Kipling, Burwash, Sussex, England. Thanks him thinking about him for the Romanes Lecture. He thought Osler was in Canada. Will stay with the Vice Chancellor for the lecture. He did not get the lectures on Servetus or the Nations and the Tropics. Asks him to send them to him. Mentions that he has just finished his new book of children's tales and his curious to see if the profession will recognize Culperer and Laennec the way he has drawn them. Civilities. This card was inserted in "Actions and Reactions" by Kipling, London 1909.
Letter to William Osler from Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Flick had taken Osler's advice and will have the abstract and English version of Maragliano's lecture distributed. Flick adamantly refuses to associate himself in any way with Daniel Lewis and his Congress on Tuberculosis. If the majority of the men at the upcoming meeting of the Tuberculosis Committee agree to join with Lewis, Flick will do nothing to embarrass them, but will still refrain from participating. He would like to organize instead a United States Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, with Trudeau as president and Jacobs as secretary, which could make arrangements to bring the International Congress on Tuberculosis to the U.S.
Letter to William Osler from Thomas Barlow, 10, Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, England. Congratulations on his baronetcy. Tribute to his peace making and binding together ways of the different interests of medicine at home and abroad.
Letter to William Osler from T. Herbert Warren, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Warren is overjoyed that Osler has accepted the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford. He is confident that Osler is the best man for the job. He writes to welcome Osler to Oxford.