Letter to Roswell P. Park from William Osler, 1351, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler request information on hydatid disease and would like to know how many specimens of the disease are in the Chicago Museum. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to Sigmund Adolphus Knopf from John George Adami, J.H.R. Molson Laboratories of Pathology and Bacteriology Mc Gill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Thanks him for coming helping them. Since he can only give them one day, they prefer him to deliver the Address only in English. Sorry about the trouble he had with the wretched report in the North American newspapers. Wish him success in his case. Mention that he sympathized with Osler at the Fixed Period time but thinks that Osler was paid back for his habit to "jollying". In Knopf's case, he does not feel that way. It harms him and also the Tuberculosis campaign. Civilities.
Letter to Thomas R. Boggs from William Osler, 56, Mackay Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Asks him to give him a photo of the big aneurysm which should be similar to the one in his paper on Anatomy of abdominal aorta. Memo for Parsons. Will write to Barker. Discussion about an analysis. Mentions that he had a nice visit in America and is glad to see old friends. Cole is anxious that Boggs should come to the Royal Victoria Hospital. Mentions that it would give him more time for research. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler , Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Unidentified author threatens Osler and his colleagues if they continue their custom of body-snatching [most likely referring to Osler's interest in conducting an autopsy on Alexis St. Martin].
Letter to William Osler from Robert Palmer Howard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Howard responds to Osler's request for information on the official Acts regulating the practice of medicine in the Canadian provinces. Arrangements for Osler's lecture in Montreal. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 257-8.
Letter to William Osler from Herbert Stanley Birkett, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Cable). Delighted that Revere is coming. He has mailed a letter with details last Friday.
Letter to William Osler from Robert Palmer Howard, 47, Union Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Howard writes to offer Osler a lectureship in Practical Physiology at McGill. The fees from his students would be sufficient to cover all expenses. He advises Osler to come to Montreal immediately to begin working on his lectures. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 120-121.
Letter to William Osler from Herbert Stanley Birkett, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Cable). The Corporation authorized the offer medical faculty for personnel in general hospital lines of communication consisting of teachers holding hospital appointments. Must speak French and German. The nurses from Royal Victoria Hospital speak French. He ranks and files fourth and fifth year students. Received no answer from Ottawa. Asks him to influence Howard Eagar of the War Office to join them.
Letter to William Osler from J. William Dawson, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dawson writes to offer Osler the Chair in Botany at McGill University.