Letter to William Osler from Ray Lyman Wilbur, Palo Alto, California, USA. Mentions a meeting of the American Association in Chicago. Asks him if he would consider preparing a set of lectures to be given as the Lane Medical Lectures here in connection with the Stanford University in the fall of 1919. The lectures would be a form of study on the great general facts in medicine that have been brought to the surface by the war and particularly by the assembling together of great bodies of men. Comments about the issue of the war. Mentions his work with Hoover in the food conservation end of the Food Administration.

Letter to William Osler from C. J. Lyall, 82, Cornwall Gardens, London, England. Lyall suggests that Osler consult with E.G. Browne, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, regarding Avicenna.

Postcard to William Osler from John Davy Rolleston. The reference to Comby's paper on acute encephalitis in children is Archives de Medecine des Enfants, Octobre 1907, p.577.

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.

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.

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.

Letter to William Osler from A.A. Warden, 11, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. Notes from books, inserted in Aequanimitas,1914. Sends him a copy of Colas Brengnon. Comments on the way Osler put the emphasis on the quality of Imperturbability in Aequanimitas. Put a parallel with Walt Whitman's lines. Quotation from Whitman.

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.

Letter to William Osler from William Francis Smith, 2, rue Jeanne d' Albret, La Rochelle, France. Notes from books. Letter inserted in Rabelais, W.F. Smith, 1893. Acknowledges his letter. Deplores the fact that La Rochelle is becoming like other towns in France utterly steeped in commercialism. Other comments on the town. Enclosed a postcard. Details on Rabelais and on his own pilgrimage. Good wishes on his birthday. Details on his itinerary. Financial details on his former attempt at publishing Rabelais. Civilities.