Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Congratulates him on the success of the dinner (for the Harvard Unit). Offers to pay the deficit if there is one.
Letter to Henry Mills Hurd from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Greetings for the New Year. Mentions that these are strenuous days in which he gets very little time to himself. Mentions Hugh Young's visit. Asks him to send him back his set of photo showing Caseous Tuberculosis. Thanks for his gift.
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Hopes he is settled somewhere. Invites him to come to them in England, as he needs his help for his catalogue. Offers his help if Garrison comes to London. Greetings and Best wishes for 1919. Love to Streeter. Mentions that he knew Baker well and had a great affection for him.
Letter to Edward Clark Streeter from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Invitation to come to him in England. Civilities.
Letter to Mrs. Henry Marshall from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Invites her to come back to visit them. News from Barbara. Her old man has neglected them. Word about their Christmas time. Grace is much better in her wrists. Civilities.
Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted to have had George Cheever Shattuck with them. Mentions the latter's gift to the Bibliotheca Osleriana. Enumerates the books he has bought with this money. Mentions the medical tablet from Assur. Spalding has just sent him some letters of Nathan Smith and others, among them a letter from Shattuck's grandfather.
Letter to Ernest Barker from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Comments on a list of organisations. Will join and subscribe, particularly as children are the only people in life worth talking to.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him the memo about the demonstration on the 26th (Sir Thomas Browne and his Religio Medici). Repeats his offer to pay the deficit of the dinner for the Harvard Unit.
Letter to Simon Flexner from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for a photo. Incites him to put a group of men at work to determine the incidence of syphilis in the newborn, stillborn and the community at large. Deplores the absence of trustworthy figures on the matter. Mentions the hot discussion in England. Osler with others are trying to have the Venereal Disease put under the Public Health authorities. P.S. Acknowledges and thanks for the two Transylvania monographs. Comments on Charles Caldwell.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends her his subscription for 1918 and 1919 ( for the International Association of Medical Museums). Compliments on her work. News from W.W. Francis. Distressed about William Peterson. He enclosed also a Canadian Medical Association sub.