Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 23, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Mentions that he had been asked to speak on Billings' Bibliographical work at the New York Memorial Meeting on the 25th. Asks him to send him precise information concerning the former. Civilities. P.S. Mentions that he shall be at the Library Association meeting (May 5th).
Extract from The Sun of Baltimore, Saturday Morning, April 19, 1913. "CARDINAL COMMENTS. TAKES ISSUE WITH Dr. OSLER ON SAINTS AND SCIENCE. PLANS TO WRITE SIR WILLIAM. CALLS ATTENTION TO FACT THAT PASTEUR WAS A CATHOLIC AND PUT TRUST IN SAINTS."
Letter to William Osler from Adolf Meyer, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Due to some schedule restriction from Kraepelin who can only be there if he leaves for Europe on the 19th of April, he is asking him to arrange to give the address for the opening of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic before his Yale lectures. The public opening ceremony would be on April 16th. Details on the schedule of the events. Lists of the people who have sent their acceptances. Hopes Osler could arrange to fit his plan. If not, they will have to sacrifice Kraepelin, whom Phipps would like to be present. The opening then would be deferred until about May 1st, and the other persons might have to drop out on account of their university duties. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from William Sydney Thayer, 406, Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Sends him a small copy of the medallion. Finds it good, although he thinks they have put his brother Ezra's nose. Season's greetings. Concerning Osler's request for paper for the historical section, he had offered a paper which he supposes is on the program on "The Study of the Renal Function." Instead of acceding to his request, he is asking him to take this paper off, because he expects to have been made chairman of the national committee in the USA and will not have time to read his paper. Mentions that despite of that, he will try to take part in the discussions. Civilities.
Letter to Joseph Hersey Pratt from William Osler, 807, St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Asks him if there is anyone in Boston, from the Massachusetts General Hospital preferably, working on the pleura who could be associated with Walter James for the article on the Pleura in his System. Will be in Boston about the end of next week. Civilities.
Letter to Margaret E. Charlton from William Osler, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler will send the Library a copy of the "Religio Medici." He has already sent the first edition of Vesalius, 1543 and offers Charlton a copy of Harvey's "De Generatione Anamalium." Additional notes by Charlton.
Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He had written to Holmes and to Buzzard about the spinal nerve roots and the caudo-equina. Mentions that he was afraid that Maude Abbott was preparing a huge monograph. He deplores the delay in the printing of their book. Mentions that he excuses Gibson who had been busy with the re-organization of the Pathological Laboratory. McCrae can expect the manuscript for February 1st. He would like to get out two or three volumes this year. Positive comments on the Tuberculosis section and on all the papers. Civilities.
Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Information on the work done on the System. Volumes I and II should be ready by October 1st. The MSS of volume III and IV should be in hand by October 1st. Asking him to get some of his boys to work on the material.
Letter from William Osler, 1402, Park Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Declining the proposal made by the Governors of the University of Toronto for the presidency of this University.
