Letter to A. Lawrence Lowell from William Osler, The Athenaeum, London, England. Mentions that he is back from France where he visited the Harvard Unit. Gives his impressions of it. Good comments on the Commandant, Alan Perry and on the staff, on the X ray work, on the Dental men and on the nurses. Hopes arrangements have been made to continue the work. P.S. He has no objection if he sent this to the Transcript.
Letter to Abraham Jacobi from William Osler, 40, Clarges Street, London, England. Dr. G.A. Auden has requested a photograph of Jacobi. Osler reports on his summer holidays. He has sent Jacobi a copy of Kussmauls 's "Aus meiner Docentenzeit."
Letter to Arthur T. Hadley from William Osler, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London, England. Mentions that he had cable him asking to postpone his Silliman Lectures until Spring. The pressure of his publishers forced him to work for the last six months on the revision of his text-book. He is mentally used up, and would like to have the winter to prepare his lectures. He had arranged the programme with Stokes : 1. Six lectures on the evolution of modern medicine 2. A general address on "A Way of Life" to the student body. 3. A couple of bibliographical lectures on subjects in which he is interested. Hopes to see him this evening at the Royal Society.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn begins to see merit in Thomson's views regarding the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn writes of the present disagreement among the Oxford men over naming the right man for the Regius Professorship of Medicine. He himself has not been satisfied with the proceedings thus far. He is of the opinion that the position should go to a Clinical teacher from a big Medical School, not necessarily from the British Isles. He was in favour of Rose Bradford's candidacy, but Bradford declined the offer.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn writes concerning the vacant post of Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Fairnairn does not agree with Thomson's views on the matter.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn expresses his support for Dr. Church's candidacy for the post of Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. He does not agree with Thomson that the position should be reserved for a specialist in Pathology.
Letter to Charles Daniel Parfitt from William Osler, The Hotel Metropole, London, England. Invitation to come spend the night with them at Ewelme. Details on how to meet each other at the train station. Civilities.
Letter to Charlotte (Chattie) Osler (Mrs. Charles Gwyn) from William Osler, London, England. Osler postponed his visit to Cornwall because he was invited by Professor Sharpey to attend an evening event at the Royal Society of Medicine. He mentions some Church services he has attended while in London. He has been conducting research in the Library of the College of Physicians.