Letter to William Osler from Robert Palmer Howard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Howard knows that Osler would have preferred to teach Practical Physiology than Botany. He hopes Osler understands that the offer of the Chair of Botany was made by McGill in an attempt to develop a connection between Osler and the University. McGill is so poor and needy that it could not fund a lectureship in Practical Physiology at present. He advises Osler to concentrate on general practice and to obtain a degree from the F.R.C.S. in Edinburgh.

Letter to Maude E. Abbott from Gerhard R. Lomer, Librarian, Library of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Lomer sends photocopies of a notice regarding the formation of the McGill Graduates' Society and a Memorandum from the Graduates' Society concerning a scheme to commemorate Dr. Dawson's 25th year as Principal of McGill University. [See CUS417/72.14 and CUS417/72.17]

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Thomas Archibald(?) Malloch, 52, Westmount Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Malloch(?) responds to Cushing's request for information on Osler's life in Montreal and the "footing dinner." He quotes Dr. Shepherd's description of the dinners and hopes to get further information from Dr. Roddick.

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Francis John Shepherd, 152, Mansfield Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shepherd writes of a consultation with Dr. Gordon. He has just remembered that Osler did not resign from McGill when he left for Philadelphia in 1884; he took six months leave instead.

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Maude E. Abbott, Medical Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Abbott sends Cushing a communication given to her by Dr. Alfred Bolles [see CUS417/80.42]. She and Dr. Garrison agreed that they could not publish it in the Bulletin for the way it reflects on Dr. Pepper.

Letter to Edmund Osler from Walter R. Baker, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Provides information of "Baby on the Track" story, information that had previously been sought by William Osler himself. Osler had apparently seen the woman and baby after the incident and believed their story provided a crucial example for medical jurisprudence.

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Maude E. Abbott, Medical Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Abbott is fairly certain that Osler attended the International Congress of Medicine at Philadelphia in 1876. She suggests that Cushing consult the Canada Medical & Surgical Journal, vol. v and the Boston Medical & Surgical Journal, September 14, 1876 for more information. She hopes that nothing she has done in regards to the Osler Bulletin will cast a shadow between herself and Cushing.

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Maude E. Abbott, Medical Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Abbot has received an item for the Osler Bulletin from Dr. Murdoch Chisholm entitled "Student Reminiscences."

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Francis John Shepherd, 152, Mansfield Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shepherd believes that Osler once wrote to him about the death of Mills, a Professor of Physiology at McGill. He describes the course in clinical medicine and microscope that Osler taught during the summer session. He writes of the medical services Osler and others rendered at the Hotel at Tadoussac and for the Governor General, Lord Dufferin, and his family.

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Francis John Shepherd, 152, Mansfield Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shepherd confirms that Osler contracted smallpox while attending the Smallpox Hospital in Montreal. He does not think Osler held an official appointment in the smallpox wards, nor in Pathology, but probably volunteered for both positions. Shepherd draws Cushing's attention to a paper on Osler by Rogers of Denver, Colorado.