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Letter to William Osler, May 8, 1919

Letter to William Osler from George Nathaniel Marquis of Curzon, Foreign Office, London, England. Explains that he would receive him and his friends regarding the situation in Vienna if he would be of any use, but that the Foreign Office here has nothing to do with the organization helping Vienna. It is done exclusively in Paris, and their representative is Lord Robert Cecil. Comments on a declaration of Balfour on the subject.

Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925

Letter to William Osler, June 15, 1919

Letter to William Osler from Guido Biagi, The Savoy Hotel, London, England. Thanks for their hospitality in Oxford. Enjoyed his library and the visit to the institutions. Hopes to see him in Italy, but warns him that he could not find somewhere in that country with the atmosphere of restful learning present in Oxford.

Biagi, Guido, 1855-1925

Letter to William Osler, July 1919

Letter to William Osler from William Francis Smith, 2, rue Jeanne d'Albret, La Rochelle, France. Notes from books, inserted in Rabelais, W.F. Smith, 1893. Account of his pilgrimage in Rabelais' country, in La Rochelle. Opinion on the knowledge of Arabian Medicine by Rabelais. Comments on several editions of Rabelais books. Civilities.

Smith, William Francis

Letter to William Osler, (ca July 12, 1919)

Letter to William Osler from Abraham Jacobi, 19 E., 47th Street, New York, USA. Birthday greetings on his seventieth anniversary. States that Osler is eminently the indispensable man in medicine.

Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919

Letter to William Osler, July 26, 1919

Letter to William Osler from J. Beattie Crozier, 9, Elgin Avenue, London, England. Enthusiastic comments on his address to the Classical Association. Critics of it. Mentions his financial problems. Civilities.- Attached is an extract from an unidentified magazine. "THE TRAGEDY OF A SCHOLAR", by T.P. O'Conor, from the Daily Telegraph, January 11, 1919. It is an article on Beattie Crozier.

Crozier, J. Beattie

Letter to William Osler, July 31, 1919

Letter to William Osler from Howard Atwood Kelly, Indian Point, Magnetawan, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for his classical association address. Underlines the fact that many persons love him and admire him. Quotation from the Bible, questions his faith. Mentions that Burnam and he are looking for a first class pathologist in their sanatorium. Details on their requirements. Asks his help to find one. Civilities.

Kelly, Howard A. Howard Atwood, 1858-1943

Letter to William Osler, September 2, 1919

Letter to William Osler from Robert Cecil, 100, Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, England. Deeply impressed by the accounts of the mortality and suffering among children of Germany. Views with dismay the idea of cession by Germany of a number of their cows and goats. Had been suggested to lay before the Reparation Committee in Paris the enclosed memorial on the subject. Hopes that Osler will sign it, as its influence could induce the committee to accept it.- Attached is the list of persons who have been asked to sign the memorial and the memorial.

Cecil, Robert

Letter to William Osler, September 12, 1919

Letter to William Osler from Friedel Pick, Prague, Czech Republic. Acknowledges his letter. Thanks the Oslers. Says that it is the first sunbeam after a long time of darkness and humiliation. The heaviest thing for him will be the impossibility to travel in countries where he had good memories, and that he will not be able to meet friends like them. Details on his work during the war. He is now chairman of the German branch society against consumption in Prague. Thanks him for offering his help, which he does not need for the moment. Heard from Wenckebach how important Osler's help was to the Vienna children. Reply on the question of the future of the German University. Reply on the question of pseudocirrhosis with polycythaemia. Details about a case he had seen. Interested in getting a copy of a lecture on the two cases of soldiers, if printed. Civilities.

Pick, Friedel

Letter to William Osler, September 15, 1919

Letter to William Osler from William Francis Smith, Napier House, Pittville, Cheltenham, England. Letter inserted in Rabelais in his Writings, W.F. Smith, 1918. Informs him that his doctor has warned him not to travel to London next October because of his condition. Regrets it. Is now writing a paper on Rabelais. Details about it. Offers him to send it to him. Apologizes for the disappointment. Civilities.

William Francis Smith

Letter to William Osler, October 6, 1919

Letter to William Osler from J.W. Wallace, Anderton, nr. Chorley, Lancashire, England. Six page letter on the subject of Walt Whitman, in response to Osler's query about Dr. Bucke's Whitman material. Discusses his influence on British politicians, and the labouring classes. Mentions Dr. Johnston, Keir Hardie, Bruce Glasier, Ramsay MacDonald , Ben Spoor.

Wallace, J.W.

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