Letter to William Osler from Edward H. Sieveking, 17, Manchester Square, London, England. He thanks Osler for sending him a copy of "Physics and Physicians, as depicted in Plato." He comments on the state of modern medical science.
Letter to Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, Brown Shipley & Co., London, England. Osler reports on his pleasant sea voyage to Europe. He was sorry to hear that Ogden's mother is in poor health. While in Europe, Osler will deliver the Cavendish lecture. Earlier in the day, he attended a meeting of the Royal Society, during which he was sworn in and attended a lecture by Haffkine.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn begins to see merit in Thomson's views regarding the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford.
Letter to William Osler from Walter Morley Fletcher, 71, Bedford Gardens, London, England. Fletcher reports that he had the Bibliomania 1st Edition printed at Warrington. Letter found in fly leaf of Osler's copy of "The Bibliomania, An Epistle..." Additional notes by Osler found in same volume dated January 16, 1916.
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 Margaret E. Charlton from William Osler, London, England. Osler instructs Charlton to ask Dr. Finley or Dr. Shepherd if the Library has a copy of Harvey's "De Generatione Anamalium" in English. Osler has picked up a duplicate copy and would like to send it to the Library.
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 William Osler from H. M. Barlow, Royal College of Physicians, Pall Mall East, London, England. Barlow writes of books by Boorde and a 1547 edition of the Breviary held in the College Library.