Letter from Andrew Macphail to Herbert Stanley Birkett
- CA OSLER P073-3
- Item
- 3 May 1921
Part of Andrew Macphail Fonds
Signed letter to Birkett offering manuscript of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems to the library.
Letter from Andrew Macphail to Herbert Stanley Birkett
Part of Andrew Macphail Fonds
Signed letter to Birkett offering manuscript of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems to the library.
Manuscript of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
Part of Andrew Macphail Fonds
Typescript of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae M.D. with An Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail. Handwritten letter tipped in on end flyleaf.
McCrae, John, 1872-1918
Letter from John McCrae to Carleton Noyes, with poem, In Flanders Fields
Part of Andrew Macphail Fonds
The item consists of a letter sent from John McCrae while on active duty to Carleton Noyes, Cambridge, MA, with an envelope postmarked 31 May 1916. Enclosed with the letter is an autographed signed copy of McCrae's poem, In Flanders Fields. The poem's first line in this copy ends with the word “grow,” a change from the published version in which the line finishes with “blow.” In his letter, McCrae modestly notes that the poem had achieved some level of notoriety.
McCrae, John, 1872-1918
Part of John Rowand Fonds
Part of John Rowand Fonds
Collection contains over 700 prints of portraits, mostly English physicians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also pathological illustrations from the late 1860s to the mid-1920s. The collection includes papers, clippings and reprints associated with the portraits. The collection contains examples of various types of prints, including mezzotints, line, etchings, lithographs, and stipple. Approximately 56 of the finest mezzotints are framed and glazed. A large number of the prints are taken from such works as Pettigrew's Medical Portrait Gallery, Layland's Contemporary Medical Men, Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, and from the Gentleman's Magazine and the European Magazine. There are a number of early photographs of British medical men made by the London Stereoscopic Company. There are several bundles of portraits of foreign medical worthies, comprising quite a good representative collection of early prints. Many of these are taken from Sambucus' Icones (1603). The total number of foreign portraits is, however, quite small, and it seems obvious that the British portraits represent Mr. Evans's main interest. One bundle contains engravings of notorious quacks such as Valentine Greatrakes, Joshua Ward, and Chevalier Taylor. Apart from portraits, there are a few of the well-known subject prints. These include two or three of Teniers's pictures of barber-surgeons and quacks, a fine mezzotint of Rembrandt's Anatomy, the Siege of Warwick Lane, and some caricatures. There is also a set of the Vanity Fair cartoons of the 19th century medical men by "Spy" and "Ape", apparently complete and with accompanying biographical sketches.
Evans, J. Howell (John Howell), 1871-
Fonds contains a notebook of G.B. Drayton of case records, autopsies, prescriptions, lecture notes and personal memoranda.
Drayton, George Box, 1784-1857
Part of William Arthur Johnson Fonds
Consists of 24 leaves of coloured sketches of plants, animals, and insects, including microscopic images, originally from a sketchbook or field notebook. Sketches are primarily pen and coloured ink, with some watercolour and pencil drawings. Pages are mostly detached. One page features snakeskin pasted in.
Part of William Arthur Johnson Fonds
Consists of 51 leaves of coloured illustrations of flowers and plants, including microscopic images, originally from a sketchbook. Pages are mostly detached. Sketches are primarily pen and coloured ink, with some watercolour and pencil drawings.
Part of Shirley Goodall Fonds
File consists of sketches on paper, including:
Sketches (some colour) of musculature and nerves, female anatomy (on the service of J. R. Goodall, 4 and 16 May 1934)
"Repair of relapsed vaginal outlet" (October 9th, Dr. Richardson)
Craniotomy (December 7th, Dr. Daudy)
Colour gynecological sketches (also including one infant anatomy)
Various sketches of hysterectomy procedure (including 2 pencil on trace paper) (one dated March 16th)