Letter to George J. Coy from William Osler, Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Osler will only admit 4 or 5 special men into his Department at the Johns Hopkins.
Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Will see him in Boston next week. Will stay with Mrs. Futcher. Civilities. News of their holidays.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Revere is off with Campbell Palmer Howard in a camp 40 miles north of Quebec. Details on his itinerary. Will come to him (Newport) on his way to Baltimore. They are going back September 5th. Will go to Contrexeville to irrigate his right kidney. Mention of Howard's offer from the University of Iowa, another benefit of the Carnegie report. He had urged him to accept. Details on his conditions on the contract. Civilities.
Letter to Edward F. Milburn from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Asks him if he could come to Toronto on the 17th to meet him at his brother's house, since he does not have the time to stop at Belleville. Details on the arrangements. Civilities.
Letter to Campbell Palmer Howard from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Incites him to accept the Iowa proposal. He will leave next Sunday and will bring his things to Howard's house. If Shepherd is at Como, he will spend the night there. He is going to Toronto on Tuesday eve. Will reserve time to talk with him. Hopes that he and Revere had a good trip. Thanks.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Would like to talk over the catalogue scheme with the collaborators on Monday. Sure that she will arrange to make a splendid catalogue which will be a model for the whole country.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Tells her that he will come to the Museum next Monday at 11h00. Civilities.
Letter to Simon Flexner from William Osler, Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Osler writes of his decision to accept the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford. He is sad to leave the Johns Hopkins, but he is looking forward to peace and quiet. Osler feels that a younger man could do better for the Johns Hopkins Medical School than he. He would like Flexner to write the introductory chapters on General Pathology for the new Systems of Medicine volumes he is editing for Lea Bros.
Letter to Rachael Bonner from William Osler, Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Osler writes of his decision to leave Baltimore. He is sad to leave, but he thinks it is the best thing for him personally. Osler does not believe that one person is essential in the life of an institution and writes that his position will be easier to fill than Bonner's.
Letter to Henri Amédée Lafleur from William Osler, Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Osler informs Lafleur that he has accepted the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford. He writes of his plans to visit Montreal and Toronto.