Letter to Simon Flexner from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him Gordon's letter. The letter follows : Explains that they tried Vedder's starch agar and they are pleased with it. Technical details about his composition. Technical details about the meningococci's reaction with Flexner's serum, Mulford serum and the Pasteur Institute serum. Mentions that the Lister Institute and Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. have been preparing serum from strains from their cases. Robb asks him for cultures for Flexner, but his letter arrived too late, so he wired him to get some from Beattie.
Letter to Edward F. Milburn from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that his brother Frank and his wife came over from British Columbia. He had not seen him for 30 years. Lady Osler's brother from Sydney and a couple of friends were also there for Christmas. His Yale lectures on the Evolution of Modern Medicine are in type, but he has not yet finished them. Promises him a copy. Civilities.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from William Osler, Paris, France. Osler reports on his trip to Paris, where he has seen Jacobs, Emerson, Marie, and Raymond. Lady Osler and Revere are on the Isle of Wight, and will soon join Osler on the Channel Islands. He congratulates Cushing on his appointment as associate Professor of Surgery.
Letter to Edward Clark Streeter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for his Christmas cable. Hopes he received the booklet on Galen or on Theophrastus he sent. Reflections on knowing of the old Greeks. Reference to Livingston's Plea for Greek in Education. Asks him to find him the second half of 1846 of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. He wants it for his Anaesthesia section. Will send him at the end of January an illustration of book-worms for framing. The Science room at the Bodley grows, deplores Singer's absence.
Letter to John Ballinger from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Agrees with the time table. Details on his itinerary. Wishes to have the chance to meet several men who are interested in the Celtic Board of Studies scheme and the University Press.
Letter to Richard Pearson Strong from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions which Pasteur items sent by Strong he prefers. Sorry to hear that Thayer has been badly treated, as he deserves the best. They are expecting Cushing any day. Civilities.
Letter to John Guppy from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Encloses a letter from Jenner. The cases will go next week. Asks to have the desiderata in the British Scientific Journals, so that he could have it published in the Lancet and the British Medical Journal, asking to have the lacking numbers to be sent to Guppy. (Restoration of the Louvain Library).
Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thinks that the Surgeon General's Library should have Porta's plays. Wants Van Gundys 'Ignoramus', Lancaster, Paris, 1900.
Letter to Leonard L. Mackall from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Confirms that he got the Beringer book. Asks him to let him know about any memoranda he may have.
