Letter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Charles Perry Fisher. Osler would like to donate literature on Siamese twins to the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He urges Fisher to make his collection on Siamese twins as complete as possible.
Letter from William Osler, on the letterhead of the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Edward Jackson. Osler writes of S. Weir Mitchell and of the war in Europe.
Letter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Edward Jackson. Osler sends a letter of thanks for having been mentioned in the company of Clifford Allbutt, Hughlings Jackson, Jonathan Hutchinson and Sir William Gowers for extraordinary service to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. Includes transcript of quotation to which Osler refers in letter.
Letter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Charles Perry Fisher. Osler sends Fisher a list of English and American practitioners in Europe, which may be useful for the Fellows whose patients are going abroad. Osler is excited about the new Library building [in Philadelphia?]. He thinks Fisher should be sent to Europe to study incunabula and shelving.
Letter from William Osler, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Harvey(?) Cushing. Osler had already sent Cushing the Plantin Edition of Vesalius, when Cushing placed an order for it with Maggs Bros.
Letter from William Osler, on the letterhead of the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to John Whitridge(?) Williams. Osler writes of Davidson and Penfield. He asks if either Williams or the Johns Hopkins Medical Library have Reynald's "Birth of Mankind," 1545.
Letter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to "J. B. Gask". Osler encloses a list of men whom he has contacted with letters of introduction for "Gask" (possibly J. B. Murpy?). List of men appears on verso.
Letter to William Osler from J.A. Ormerod, Registrar, Royal College of Physicians, Pall Mall East, London, England. Ormerod seeks assurance that Osler's name was used by the publishers of the "Family Encyclopedia of Medicine" without his knowledge or consent. He urges Osler to have his name removed from the publication immediately.
Letter to William Osler from James Neal, Deputy Medical Secretary, British Medical Association, 429 Strand, London, England. The Central Ethical Committee will conduct an enquiry into the publication and issue of the "Family Encyclopedia of Medicine." Neal asks Osler to provide information and an explanation of his involvement in the affair to the Committee. Includes manuscript notes.