Letter to Edward A. Sharpey Schäfer from William Osler, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Arrangements for a meeting of the profession to be held in Canada. Burdon-Sanderson has written to say he will attend. Osler will leave for Germany on the 26th. He remarks that Bowditch and Warthin's laboratories are the only good ones on the Continent. He has asked Prof. And Mrs. Morse to look after Schäfer while he is in Montreal.
Letter to George Ross from William Osler, Leipzig, Germany. Osler reports on his experience in Germany. He has written Bastian encouraging him to come visit. He hopes McGill will arrange for himself and for Mills to live at the College. He envies the high salaries earned by German doctors. Arrangements for the upcoming meeting of the Canadian Medical Association(?) in Montreal. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 216-17.
Letter to George Ross from William Osler, Leipzig, Germany. Osler received a letter from Tyson with an unofficial offer of the Chair of Clinical Medicine in Philadelphia. Osler will likely accept if the position is offered to him, although he is worried about severing his connection with McGill and Montreal. He asks Ross to keep this information a secret. Incl. ms. notes.
Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler will inform Ogden if Dr. Vineberg decides to relocate to Milwaukee. Jacobs has been encouraging Vineberg to stay on in New York. He discusses Walt Whitman's(?) medical condition.
Letter to J. Collins Warren from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler will go to Montreal to assist in the opening of the new buildings of the McGill Medical School with Pepper. As a result, Osler will miss Warren's lecture at the Philadelphia Pathological Society. Additional notes by Warren. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to William Raphael from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler suggests some improvements for a drawing done by Raphael.
Letter to Henry Pickering Bowditch from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler sends a copy of the resolution drawn up at the Congress meeting in Philadelphia. He has written Chadwick and Warren to urge them to organize a meeting in Boston. Osler is sorry that Bowditch's uncle was removed from the vice-presidency.
Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler discusses Ogden's research and microscope work. Osler spent Easter in Toronto. He relates news of the Francis family and of Reynolds, who he saw in Hamilton. He will go to Winnipeg by the Lakes. He is beginning to feel settled in Philadelphia, although the "Methods" are very much behind those at McGill. Incl. ms. notes.
Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Sutherland, Mills and Thornton visited with Osler, and they all had fun looking over the Exam papers in the McGill Gazette. Osler does not think Mills will ever assimilate and thinks he should find a position away from Doctors. He comments on the Goulstonian Lectures. He mentions Ross, Gardner and Howard. Osler is interested in information on the general and special evolution of the [medical] profession.
Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, University Club, 1316 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler dispels a rumor that he was going to be in Montreal on the 20th. He hopes that Campbell will not beat "Mac." He has written to Kerr, Sullivan, and others about the meeting [in Winnipeg?]. Mitchell is helping him get consultation work. He comments on Molson's unfortunate situation