Letter to William Pepper from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Sends him a Servetus picture showing him in prison. Willis book on Servetus and Calvin is worth reading. Enjoys his visit in Paris. Asks him what Perry is doing after his hospital term. Hopes to be in America in May. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Sends the Harvey diploma facsimile. Rolleston has sent Cushing one. Cannot find Vernon nor can Seymour Thomas. Found all sorts of interesting things at the Library but will now concentrate on the hospitals. Raymond has a clinic on hereditary optic atrophy. He went to the Ecole and the Society des hopitaux, where he has been elected as a member. Chauffard is president of the Society. Enjoys their company. Civilities.
Letter to Joseph Hersey Pratt from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Heard from him in Montreal. Sends a picture of Michael Servetus, who has been burned by Calvin in Geneva. He had found an original Avenbrugger. Kind comments on the work and the men in Paris. Complains about the tub and the air in Paris. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Did not find Vernon's address yet. Mention of a lecture at the Tropical Disease Society at the Pasteur and Laverand, on an account of the treatment of sleeping sickness by the French Commission. Anecdote of a letter from Jacobs confusing Magnin with Pirquet. Mention of a dinner given by the Dean of the Faculty, Landouzy. Chauffard and gave a dinner and Raymond also. Mrs. Osler goes to Oxford to bring back Revere. He has bought a first edition of Avenbrugger and a Gilbert's Magnet which he got at the Amherst sale. Morgan bought the Caxtons. Civilities.
Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Mrs. Hooper informs him about his operation for his prostata. Asks him to have George Cheyne to send a line. Kind comments about the men in Paris. Details of a dinner given by Raymond. Dieulafoy is great fun at the Hotel Dieu. Anecdote on his lecturing on a patient. Impressed by the volubility of the French people. Mention of a dinner at the Faculty with the Dean. Comments on the Dean. He met Bucquoy, Louis' last interne. Civilities.
Letter to Charles N. Combs from William Osler, 44, Avenue d' Iena, Paris, France. Mention of his sabbatical on the continent. Glad that he is reading his essays and that he reads Montaigne. Sends him a book with the extracts from Montaigne relating to medicine. Explains him some quotations that he made in Aequanimitas. Greetings for the brethren in Indiana. Attached letter from Combs to Cushing expressing his admiration for Osler.
Letter to Robert Philip from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks him for his help with the Tuberculosis Meeting. The Committee is asking for a memorandum of his expenses. Pleased by his suggestion of an Annual Meeting. Suggests that the first one could be in Edinburgh. Discussion over the perfect time for it to be held.