Letter to William Osler from Walter Hines Page, London, England. He accepts with pleasure his invitation for the dinner to Jastrow. Sympathetic comments on Osler's dinners. Will try his best to attend to the lecture. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from H.K. Lewis, 136, Gower Street, London, England. Letter from a medical publisher who is taking care of the reprint of Aequanimitas in England. They request Osler's approval on the appearance of the book and on the question of the sale price.
Letter to William Osler from H.M. Barlow, Royal College of Physicians, Pall Mall East, London, England. Barlow responds to Osler's inquiry into the various editions of the Breviary held in the College Library.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from R.W. Chapman, Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, England. Chapman congratulated Cushing on the great and well-deserved success of "Life of Sir William Osler." The Press will begin a third impression of the book. He does not advise a one volume edition in India paper. He warns Cushing not to scold Clulow for t
Letter to Susan Revere Chapin from Grace Revere Osler, Brown's Hotel, London, England. The Oslers are in London for a dinner held by the Armours in honour of the acting Canadian Commissioner. Norman's [Gwyn?] unit is to be deployed to France, where he will be in charge of the Laboratory. The Queen of Belgium has come to Oxford to see her refugee children. Revere has not been called into action yet, but he may be summoned to the Hospital any day.
Letter to Professor A.R.(?) Cushing from E.W. Bligh, Bligh & Co., 29 Hallam Street, Portland Place, London, England. Bligh points out an error on p. 616 of volume II of Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" regarding a rare manuscript purchased by Osler in 1915. Dr. Francis offered to have the passage in question removed when the book is next reprinted.
Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, 40, Clarges Street, London, England. He will leave England early as his father is in poor health. The reviews of his text book have been very kind.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn writes of the present disagreement among the Oxford men over naming the right man for the Regius Professorship of Medicine. He himself has not been satisfied with the proceedings thus far. He is of the opinion that the position should go to a Clinical teacher from a big Medical School, not necessarily from the British Isles. He was in favour of Rose Bradford's candidacy, but Bradford declined the offer.
Letter to William Osler from C.(?) Hyall, 82, Cornwall Gardens, London, England. Hyall(?) suggests that Osler consult with E.G. Browne, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, regarding Avicenna.
Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, 25, Russell Square, London, England. Osler informs Ogden of his interest in accepting the appointment to the Chair of Clinical Medicine in Philadelphia. He is fairly confident that he will be elected to the position. He is tempted by the larger medical centre and the prospects of consulting work in Philadelphia. He is grieved at the thought of leaving McGill and Howard, but they will get on without him, as "any one man is never essential." He reports that Marian Francis and her children are well. He will return to Canada with his aunt [Miss Mary Anne Pickton]. [See CUS417/80.51]