Letter to William Osler from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. "Notes from books." Correspondence from "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," Holmes, 1883.

Letter to William Osler from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Duplicate copy of CUS417/85.2.

Letter to William Osler from John Collins Warren, 58, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Acknowledges the letter announcing the coming of Monod. He had written to Arnold, the Dean of the Post-graduate School about it and Collins will look Monod up. Sends him samples of the work of the Warren family as requested by Osler. He could not get John Warren's "Mercurial Practice." The latter was President of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, position that he hold at the present time. Civilities. (Letter inserted in bound pamphlets "Papers by five generations of Warren Family, Boston")

Letter to William Osler from Houghton Mifflin and Company, 4, Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Agreement letter for the publishing of the manuscript of his farewell addresses. The job will be done in July. It will pay 12 1/2% on the first 2500 copies and 15% after 5000 copies sold. Houghton Mifflin will furnish the books that will be sent as gifts to his friends in America. Archibald Constable & Co. will do the same in England.

Letter to William Osler from Henry Pickering Bowditch, Physiological Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. "Re. newspaper accounts of appt. to McGill to succeed Dawson." Bowditch asks Osler to confirm reports in Boston newspapers that he plans to leave Baltimore for McGill.

Letter to William Osler from John P. Reynolds, 79, Marlborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Proposal to take charge of the new Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

Letter to William Osler from Henry I. Bowditch, 113, Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bowditch enjoyed Osler's paper on Empyema. He requests a medical instrument from Dr. Roddick. Bowditch is sorry that his poor health kept him from the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Letter to William Osler from Henry Pickering Bowditch, Physiological Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He informs Osler that the Chair of Theory and Practice at Harvard is vacant and hopes that Osler will consider taking on the position.

Letter to William Osler from Bliss Perry, 4, Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Request from The Atlantic Monthly to write an article that would describe the "ideal physician".

Letter to William Osler from Henry I. Bowditch, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bowditch writes of an problem at the Society for Medical Improvement involving a portrait of Ambroise Paré. Includes a note by Osler praising Bowditch and his nephew, with whom Osler became very close friends. Includes manuscript notes.