Letter from Geoffrey Keynes to William Osler. Keynes sends Osler three copies of his pamphlet on Elizabeth Lyttelton's Commonplace Book. He wished that he had known Osler was giving a lecture on Sir Thomas Browne.
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 S. Langdon, England. Information about the medical tablet from the temple of Assur, the old capital of Assyria. Details about its age. States that it is the first medical tablet form there and was beyond doubt plundered from the German excavations which were captured by the English Army. Will send him a full translation and discussion.
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 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.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Pembroke House, 133 Oxford Street, London, England. Returns him some reprints, a copy of the Report of the Committee of Sixteen at Montreal, and Harrison's "Management of Venereal Disease in the Civil Community". Report of the National Council meeting. Bassett Smith, Goodwin, Morant, Francis Lloyd, Mrs. Scharlieb and other important people were there. Barlow told him how the National Council had been blocked at every turn by Keogh, Bonar Law, and the Local Authorities. Adami suggested Barlow publish the information for the whole country. Barlow said that he would consult Sydenham, but was very mad at the meeting. Adami states his position in this matter. Thinks that Young and Snow were excellent. Mentions Worthin's figures. Adami thinks that they should get Klotz to discuss the matter.