Letter to William Osler from M Sa'eed, Hassanahad, Tehran, Persia. Extract from letter referring to a book attributed to Rhazes and to Avicenna's tomb at Hamadan.

Letter to William Osler from A.E. Cowley, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Comments on a Dioscorides in Persian manuscript. It belongs to a Persian. Had been brought to England by a man who was British consul in Shiraz. The British Museum have already named a price. Cannot give more than 20 pounds even though it is cheap. Sorry that he is laid up. Greetings.

Letter to William Osler from D.B Munro, Bad Nauheim, , Germany. Munro approves of Osler's appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. As Osler will not make the move to England until the following year, some arrangements must be made for the Medical Examinations at Oxford, which the Regius Professor must oversee. Munro hopes that Osler will choose to join Oriel College.

Letter to William Osler from W.D. Halliburton, Church Cottage, 17 Marylebone Road, London, England. Halliburton congratulates Osler on his appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. He writes of Whitfield's hopes that Osler will also accept to be the Clinical Professor of Medicine at King's College Hospital. Halliburton is not certain that Osler will be allowed to hold both posts simultaneously.

Letter to William Osler from M. Sa'eed, Hassanahad, Tehran, Persia. As a result of the war, Sa'eed was compelled to escape from Hamadan. He writes of the devastating effect the war has had on his family and his country. [pp. 5-7 are missing]

Letter to William Osler from Ray Lyman Wilbur, Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, California, USA. Invitation to give the Lane Medical Lectureship for 1913, at the Leland Stanford Junior University.

Letter to William Osler from A. Sheen, Halswell House, 23, Newport Road, Cardiff, England. Sheen will donate his copy of "Church and King" which contains the autograph of the author, Edward Osler, (his uncle).

Letter to William Osler from Henry Mills Hurd, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Although Hurd is upset by the news of Osler leaving Baltimore, he understands that Osler has been pushing himself too hard and needed to slow down. Hurd himself has thought of resigning. He explains that the Johns Hopkins Tuberculosis Dispensary is short on money and wonders if he should ask Mr. Phipps to make a donation. He believes that the success of the Hospital and of the Medical School has been largely Osler's achievement.