Letter to William Osler from Hugh Wamsey(?) Bayly, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler has been named president of the Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease. Notes by Cushing that Osler refuses to sit up.
Letter to William Osler from R.W. Chapman, The Clarenden Press, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The Delegates appointed Osler a Perpetual Delegate to replace Dr. Sanday who resigned. Attached is the obituary of Dr. Sanday
Letter to William Osler from Ethelbert William Squire, 223 Kings Road, Reading, England. Notification (dated May 24, 1919) for a meeting of the Branch Council of the British Medical Association which will be held June 2nd at Reading. Osler will be president in the Chair. Agenda.
Letter to William Osler from William Francis Smith, 2, rue Jeanne d' Albret, La Rochelle, France. Notes from books. Letter inserted in Rabelais, W.F. Smith, 1893. Acknowledges his letter. Deplores the fact that La Rochelle is becoming like other towns in France utterly steeped in commercialism. Other comments on the town. Enclosed a postcard. Details on Rabelais and on his own pilgrimage. Good wishes on his birthday. Details on his itinerary. Financial details on his former attempt at publishing Rabelais. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from A.A. Warden, 11, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. Notes from books, inserted in Aequanimitas,1914. Sends him a copy of Colas Brengnon. Comments on the way Osler put the emphasis on the quality of Imperturbability in Aequanimitas. Put a parallel with Walt Whitman's lines. Quotation from Whitman.
Postcard to William Osler from John Davy Rolleston. The reference to Comby's paper on acute encephalitis in children is Archives de Medecine des Enfants, Octobre 1907, p.577.
Letter to William Osler from Hubert M. Southwark, Bishop's House, Kennington Park, London, England. He welcomes heartily the prospect of meeting him at the dinner of The Club. Mentions their correspondence about Osler's plans for Revere's school time. Sympathies for the death of the latter.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Pembroke House, 133 Oxford Street, London, England. Acknowledges the memorandum referring to the Bibliotheca Osleriana. Has seen Birkett about it, and the latter will think it over for a few days. He sees nothing essential to add. Found the idea of keeping up the high standards of the library by the appointment of curators from outside admirable.
Letter to William Osler from M. Sa'eed, Hassanahad, Tehran, Persia. Sa'eed writes of rare Arabic texts that he has procured for Osler. He hopes that the Persian carpet he sent to Lady Osler has already arrived. He extends his sympathy over the death of Osler's son. Sa'eed often consults Osler's text book in the treatment of his own patients.
Letter to William Osler from Hector Munro, Inter-Allied Food Commission, British Delegation, Vienna, Austria. Munro writes about the lack of medical supplies in Budapest.