Letter to John H. Musser from William Osler, Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall, London, England. Dr. Dock and Osler called to waken Musser, only to find that he had not yet arrived.

Letter to Jennette Osler from William Osler, London, England. Osler sends a running account of his doings over the week. He went to a Cattle Show and saw a performance of "Hamlet." He attended Church services at St. Mary Magdalene's Munster Square, where Mr. Stuart, a friend of Bovell's, was the rector. He mentions the Pellatts, Dr. Ringer, the Sheppards, the Proctors, and Dr. Bird. He keeps busy working at the Laboratory and the Hospital, and has been translating German medical texts.

Letter to James Tyson from A. Flint, Buckingham Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate, London, England. Flint recommends Osler to the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, although he cannot attest to Osler's abilities as a teacher.

Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, 25, Russell Square, London, England. Osler informs Ogden of his interest in accepting the appointment to the Chair of Clinical Medicine in Philadelphia. He is fairly confident that he will be elected to the position. He is tempted by the larger medical centre and the prospects of consulting work in Philadelphia. He is grieved at the thought of leaving McGill and Howard, but they will get on without him, as "any one man is never essential." He reports that Marian Francis and her children are well. He will return to Canada with his aunt [Miss Mary Anne Pickton]. [See CUS417/80.51]

Letter to William Osler from H.K. Lewis, 136, Gower Street, London, England. Letter from a medical publisher who is taking care of the reprint of Aequanimitas in England. They request Osler's approval on the appearance of the book and on the question of the sale price.

Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn writes of the present disagreement among the Oxford men over naming the right man for the Regius Professorship of Medicine. He himself has not been satisfied with the proceedings thus far. He is of the opinion that the position should go to a Clinical teacher from a big Medical School, not necessarily from the British Isles. He was in favour of Rose Bradford's candidacy, but Bradford declined the offer.

Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn writes concerning the vacant post of Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. Fairnairn does not agree with Thomson's views on the matter.

Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn expresses his support for Dr. Church's candidacy for the post of Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. He does not agree with Thomson that the position should be reserved for a specialist in Pathology.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, Brown Shipley & Co., London, England. Osler informs Shattuck that T.K. Fowler is on his way to the U.S. to make an inspection of post-graduate methods. Osler reports on his summer travels.

Letter to Karl Friedrich Wenckebach from Harriette Chick, London, England. Osler has asked her to write to Wenckebach about the work coming out in this Institute and elsewhere in England upon the role of accessory food factors (vitamins) in a diet.