Letter to J.R. Chadwick from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler thanks Chadwick for supplying him with Bartlett's translation and inquires after Thacher's Military Journal. He asks Chadwick of his opinion regarding the establishment of a national society for the study of medical history.
Letter to William Osler from Silas Weir Mitchell, 1524, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "Notes from Books: Doctor and Patient" by S. Weir Mitchell. Mitchell invites Osler and his family to stay with him in Philadelphia.
"Oxford Appointment" Excerpt from London Lancet. Details of the meeting of the Oxford Graduates in January 1904 and of Osler's appointment as Regius Professor. Includes manuscript notes.
"The Regius Professorship of Medicine." Letter written by W.S. Church, J.F. Payne, and Samuel West commenting on Sir John Burdon-Sanderson's letter of resignation from his post as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford.
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 J.S. Fairbairn from Arthur Thomson, 159, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thomson does not agree with Fairbairn's views over the matter of the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford.
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.