Letter to William Osler from Furman Sheppard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia offers Osler the position of Chair of Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine. Attached is a press clipping providing details of the offer and of Osler's refusal to accept the position.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Notes From Books." Mitchell thanks Osler for sending along a copy of his text book, "On Chorea". Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to William Osler from Alfred Stillé, 3900, Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Stillé compliments Osler on an address made at the Wistar Institute and praises Osler's teaching methods.
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 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 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 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 S.S. Cohen, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Cohen writes that Osler has received the greatest honour for an English speaking teacher of medicine with his appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Cohen hopes that Osler will succeed in stirring up the young doctors of England has he had done in Philadelphia.