Letter to William Osler from Kenneth M. Blakiston, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Payment and publication information for Osler's books. Blakiston regrets to inform Osler that nothing can be done with "Oslerisms" until the following year. On Osler's recommendation, Blakiston will send a copy of Chittenden's book on Nutrition to the Governor-General of Canada.
Letter to William Osler from J. William White, 1810, S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. White writes of Osler's favourable endorsement of Flexner for a position at the University of Pennsylvania, an endorsement that carries great weight. Although White believes Flexner a good candidate for the job, the whole matter is under serious discussion.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Mitchell thanks Osler for his address on Locke. He will be in Baltimore and wonders if he may stay the night with the Oslers. Mitchell comments favourably on Flexner and his work in Philadelphia.
Letter to William Osler from Morris Jastrow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for his note on the medical tablet of Assur. The one he had secured for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia came from the same place. Asks for a photo of it and for information. Comments on Langdon whom he found to be unreliable. Will send him a paper from one of his students on an important medical tablet. Mentions the Berlin Museum. Looking forward to R.C. Thompson's publication of medical incantation tablets in the British Museum. Will send him soon a copy of his new book "The Gentle Cynic". Details about it.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Notes from Books: Doctor and Patient" by S. Weir Mitchell. Mitchell invites Osler and his family to stay with him in Philadelphia.
Letter to William Osler from H.C. Wood, 1925, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Re. newspaper accounts of appt. to McGill to succeed Dawson." Wood asks Osler if he plans to accept the appointment to McGill.
Letter to William Osler from William Pepper, University of Pennsylvania, Dep. of Archaeology and Paleontology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Appt. to McGill." Pepper assumes that newspaper reports of Osler's acceptance of the Presidency of McGIll University are true. He congratulates him on the achievement.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Appt. to McGill." Mitchell has learnt from newspaper reports that Osler has been named President of McGill University.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Mitchell writes of a translation of Dryden's Miscellanies.
