Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, Craighleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Osler reports on the health of his sick nephew, Jack

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler. Osler writes of affairs relating to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is sorry to hear of Thayer's wife's poor health. Osler has just spent time at McGill arranging his old specimens with Maude Abbott.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, Hotel de France, Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. (Postcard). He is there with Campbell Howard, W.W. Francis and Revere. It is the place where Sterne stopped. He is over visiting the Hospitals. Enjoys his experience.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Deplores that Thayer has not come to Jersey. Comments on Thayer's find : some Laennec letters. Comments on Laennec. Hopes R. will continue the life after 1806. Enjoins him to stir up the Laennec Club to have a special meeting. Mentions that he will show on October 15th, at the Historical Section, all the Editions of Laennec and will speak of the influence of his Traite. Has not heard of any Paris celebration. Has not yet seen Sherrington about the Med. Res. Committee. Hopes Thayer will come to the British Medical Association meeting at Cambridge. He is working on the revision of the textbook. Recommends he read the Cambridge History of American Literature.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will send a short note to be read at the meeting as he has suggested (25th Anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital). Positive comments on the spirit of the country. Grace is working early and late. There will be a University regiment of the students, which will be under military discipline. Revere will join it. Informs him of his suggestion to form an international committee to re-establish the University at Louvain. Will write Barker and some others about it. Sends him the Oxford circular to take charge of the families of the Belgian professors. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler is glad that Thayer's wife, Susan, chose a useful gift: Osler has sent along a cheque for $100. He urges Thayer to call on him for financial help, as Osler knows how draining a new house can be in the first year.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Enjoys Paris. Sends him a review of Anatole France on the tumours. He likes his short stories. Has ordered the caricature mentioned in the review. Mentions that Geoffrey Freres has a splendid collection of old prints and engravings of doctors and medical subjects. Mentions the Rectorial Election results. Says that he did not expect to win. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 7, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He received his nice, long letter. Rolleston is stirring them us up to make the revision of malaria in Allbutt's system. Glad to hear that Thayer is working on it. He is looking forward to spending a month at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mention of his first official duties : a class of fifteen students at the Radcliffe. Civilities. Cushing's hard copy of last paragraph of p.25, volume II.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad that the memorial to Johnnie (Jack Hewetson) is doing well. Asks him where it is to be placed. He had his last photograph framed. The one of him in the picture of 1892, on the Nuttall menu is excellent also. Adam has written to announce his engagement. Glad that Thayer is to be put in a bas-relief. Will tell him the date of his visit in the spring. Civilities.

Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the cable. It was a great worry not to be at the Celebration (25th anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital). Mentions that they are working hard, particularly Grace. They have 12 Belgian professors, 61 in all with their families. The Belgian business is an awful tragedy. Mentions the horror felt in seeing the refugees at Folkestone. The Canadian Contingent Hospital has been opened, not far from Folkestone. Asks him if he had read Baron Larrey "His Life and Memoirs." Good comments on it. Mentions that he is trying to aware the Territorial Medical Officers of the importance of the health in the camps. There had been little or no sickness so far, probably because the weather has been nice. Revere is at Christ Church, and has joined the Officer's Training Corps. Civilities. P.S. Miss MacMahon is in charge of the Canadian Hospital.