"The Regius Professorship of Medicine." Letter written by W.S. Church, J.F. Payne, and Samuel West commenting on Sir John Burdon-Sanderson's letter of resignation from his post as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford.
Letter to Sir John Burdon Sanderson from D.B. Munro, Oriel College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Although Sanderson has agreed to act as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford until the appointment of his successor, Munro has nominated Thomson to act as Burdon-Sanderson's deputy for the medical exams.
Letter to William Osler from Romeike and Curtice, Press Cutting Agency, 4 Ludgate Circus Buildings, London, England. Clipping from "The Expository Times" regarding Osler's Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard on Science and Immortality.
Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from Charles W. Eliot, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Eliot would like Osler to spend a year at Harvard as the endowed professor of Hygiene. The duties of the position are yet to be invented; the University hopes that Osler will be the man to invent them.
Letter to J.S. Haldane from R.B. Haldane, House of Commons, England. R.B. Haldane has just heard from A.J. Balfour that Osler's name was just put before the King in an attempt to stall Osler's impending departure from London.
Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount, 1856-1928
Letter to A.J. Balfour from T. Herbert Warren, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Warren consults Balfour about the difficulties of filling the vacant Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford. He writes to convince Balfour that Osler is the perfect candidate for the position. Osler has already stated his interest in accepting the nomination and all of the Oxford men appear to support him.