Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Precisions about the meeting of the 29th. Fisher did not think it would be well for him to take the Chair, but Newman will speak for the Board of Education. Asks for news from his millionaire friend. Mentions his infected tooth. The Tuberculosis meeting on Monday is cancelled as they cannot get the contracting parties together.
Letter to Thomas Stephen Cullen from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Relates the circumstances in which they decided to get Howard Kelly at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Letter to Karl Friedrich Wenckebach from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They are working to hasten the sending of food supplies (in Vienna) and hope to have soon a special Committee to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs to ask to have supplies specially sent to Vienna Hospitals. The American Red Cross, through Davidson, are also stirring. Mentions that he has sent Wenckebach's letter to the Foreign Office. Could not go to Holland this spring, but a member of "Fight the Famine" council could meet him there. Offers his help to his daughter in Holland.
Letter to Geoffrey Keynes from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for a Thomas Browne pamphlet on consumption. Comments about it.
Letter to Oxford Mayor from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He cannot be at the meeting about a war memorial. Recommends he put all the money into decent houses for the poor.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Neuburger of Vienna has written to ask if he is still an honorary member of the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. Thinks that if they had removed the Germans, they should make an exception of the Viennese.
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 George Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Should like the report but refuses to take it if the Boston Medical Library has not a copy of it. Mentions the 'Speculum Morale' of Vincent Beauvais, 1476 and the edition premier of Plotinus, 1492 which he bought with his fund. Sends him the list of books he had on exhibition for the Classical Association. Civilities.
Letter to Thomas Mellor Tyson from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (From the secretary's notebook). Glad to hear that his father, James Tyson, had a peaceful ending. Favourable comments on the latter.
Letter to Gwendolyn Francis Andras from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends her money for repairs on the house. Norman McCrae will hand her $1000 war bonus. He is dividing the money, which was unexpected between her and Beatrice. They are busy. News from W.W. Francis. Sends the enclosed to Little Auntie. Civilities.