Letter to Sir Thomas Barlow from William Osler, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler explains to the President of the Royal College of Physicians the fraud that was perpetrated against him by Dr. Riddle. He resents the accusation that he dragged the fair name of the College through the mud, for his conscience is clear in the matter. He feels he has no choice but to resign from the College. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to J.A. Ormerod from William Osler, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler demands that the Royal College of Physicians defend himself and the other Fellows implicated in the "Family Encyclopedia of Medicine" affair by having their names removed from the publication and by securing a public apology from the publishers.
Letter to William Osler from James Neal, Deputy Medical Secretary, British Medical Association, 429 Strand, London, England. The Central Ethical Committee will conduct an enquiry into the publication and issue of the "Family Encyclopedia of Medicine." Neal asks Osler to provide information and an explanation of his involvement in the affair to the Committee. Includes manuscript notes.
Osler's notes regarding his resignation from the Royal College of Physicians and the reaction of others to the "Family Encyclopedia of Medicine" affair.
Letter to Lawrence F. Flick from E.O. Otis, 308, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Otis is in favour of Flick's proposal to form a National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Letter to Lawrence F. Flick from E.O. Otis, 308, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Otis wrote to Dr. Knopf regarding the formation of a National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and he too is in support of such an association.
Letter to Lawrence F. Flick from E.O. Otis, 308, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Otis reports that Dr. Knight believes the object of the proposed Society for the Study of Tuberculosis could be accomplished within the American Climatological Association.
Letter to Lawrence F. Flick from Sigmund Adolphus Knopf, New York, New York, USA. Knopf congratulates Flick on his idea to organize an American Society for the Study of Tuberculosis. Knopf is highly in favour of such a movement. He recently met with Otis who, though President of the American Climatological Association, is also in favour of Flick's project.
Letter to Lawrence F. Flick from Sigmund Adolphus Knopf, New York, New York, USA. Knopf believes that it would be best to put off the creation of a Tuberculosis Congress because of the possibility of opposition from the American Climatological Association. Knopf refers to his own article on the Tuberculosis problem, published in the North American Review, which weighs in favour of establishing a National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
