Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Enjoys Paris. Sends him a review of Anatole France on the tumours. He likes his short stories. Has ordered the caricature mentioned in the review. Mentions that Geoffrey Freres has a splendid collection of old prints and engravings of doctors and medical subjects. Mentions the Rectorial Election results. Says that he did not expect to win. Civilities.
Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, Hotel de Castiglione, Paris, France. Osler reports on his voyage to France, where he met up with Jacobs and Emerson. Grace and Revere are on the Isle of Wight. Osler discusses the possible uses for a donation made to the Johns Hopkins by Mr. Phipps.
Letter to William Pepper from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Sends him a Servetus picture showing him in prison. Willis book on Servetus and Calvin is worth reading. Enjoys his visit in Paris. Asks him what Perry is doing after his hospital term. Hopes to be in America in May. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from A.A. Warden, Paris, France. Warden comments on Osler's letter, CUS417/51.25. He quotes the death notice for Dr. J. William White in the British Medical Journal, May 20, 1916, p. 743. Warden reasserts his opposition to the war and disapproves of Osler's opinion that war will bring peace to Europe. Includes Osler's response - duplicate version of CUS417/51.26.
Letter to William Osler from Pierre Marie, 209, Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France. Copy of CUS417/100.76. Civilities. Marie extends his sympathy for the damage caused by the recent fire in Baltimore. He reports that he saw Osler's medallion at the Salon in Paris.
Letter to William Osler from Alphonse Laveran, Paris, France. Osler, having previously discredited certain findings related to malaria, conducted his own research on the matter and discovered that he had been wrong to discredit them. Laveran thanks Osler for providing him with his findings and discusses his own work. In French.
Zaharoff has just received Osler's letter and will bring its contents to the notice of the important members of the Peace Conference. Although Zaharoff agrees with Professor Tendeloo's opinion that demanding cattle from the Germans would increase their mortality, he does not agree that revolution in the Allied countries is an inevitability.
Letter to William Osler from A.A. Warden, Paris, France. Warden sends a copy of his book, "Common Sense Patriotism." He comments on Osler's "Oration on the Campaigning Against Veneral [sic] Disease," from the British Medical Journal of May 26, 1917. He asserts his opposition to the war and is critical of Osler's support of the war.
Letter to William Osler from A.A. Warden, 11, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. Notes from books, inserted in Aequanimitas,1914. Sends him a copy of Colas Brengnon. Comments on the way Osler put the emphasis on the quality of Imperturbability in Aequanimitas. Put a parallel with Walt Whitman's lines. Quotation from Whitman.
