Letter to Hugh A. McCallum from William Osler, Rockmount, St. Brelades' Bay, Jersey, England. Thanks for the photos and for a note about W. Mentions that he knows Currie well and bought a set of his manuscripts.
Letter to Hugh A. McCallum from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledgment of two pictures of James Currie. Comments on a statement of Rev. John Watson about Currie. Offers to pick up a copy of Currie's life and letters if he does not have one. Comments on the social tension in England.- Attached is a letter from McCallum to Cushing.
Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sorry to have missed Sarton. They are back from Jersey. Recommends he read the Cambridge History of American Literature. Mentions Jacobi. Klebs must have received his Classical Association address.
Letter to Duncan McEachran from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledges his letter. Details about his last will. After his wife's death, the Toronto General Trust Co. will take care of his fortune. Comments on his seventieth birthday gathering. Will send him a copy of the Journal of the American Medical Association which has a reproduction of a recent photo of him.
Letter to William Sydney Thayer from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Deplores that Thayer has not come to Jersey. Comments on Thayer's find : some Laennec letters. Comments on Laennec. Hopes R. will continue the life after 1806. Enjoins him to stir up the Laennec Club to have a special meeting. Mentions that he will show on October 15th, at the Historical Section, all the Editions of Laennec and will speak of the influence of his Traite. Has not heard of any Paris celebration. Has not yet seen Sherrington about the Med. Res. Committee. Hopes Thayer will come to the British Medical Association meeting at Cambridge. He is working on the revision of the textbook. Recommends he read the Cambridge History of American Literature.
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 Francis Graham Crookshank from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (from the secretary's notebook). Agrees with his suggestion that the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine should take notice of the Centenary of Laennec's Traite. Offers to show the editions of Laennec that he has and to make a brief statement about the importance of the "Traite". Gives the title of his speech.
Letter to Nicolas Leon from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (from the secretary's notebook). Thanks for sending the English number of "El Universal". Grateful to him for mentioning his name. Will send the copy of the paper to the Bodleian Library.
Letter to Farquhar Robertson from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (from the secretary's notebook). Acknowledges his letter. Delighted with it. Plea for the reorganization of the clinics at the Montreal General Hospital. Mentions that his years at the Montreal General Hospital has been a source of pride and pleasure, and he owes it his start in clinical medicine.