Letter to William Osler from Henry I. Bowditch, 113, Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bowditch enjoyed Osler's paper on Empyema. He requests a medical instrument from Dr. Roddick. Bowditch is sorry that his poor health kept him from the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fonds contains lecture notes taken by Robert Struthers at McGill Medical College in 1881-1882, including notes on Pathology, Surgery and Ophthalmology. Lecturers include Robert Palmer Howard, Sir Thomas Roddick and Sir William Osler. There is also a case report by Struthers. The fonds includes two notebooks and a case report.
Letter to William Osler from H. Charlton Bastian, 20, Queene Anne Street, London, England. Bastian is glad that there is a good chance of Osler obtaining the Professorship of Clinical Medicine at Philadelphia. He compliments Osler on his scientific training, his skill as a teacher, and for the contributions he has made to the advancement of science, among other things.
Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ellen Osler worries about her son's health, but knows that he is in the best hands with Dr. Howard. She relates news of family and friends.
Letter to William Osler from Mary Anne Pickton, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Civilities. Pickton relates news of family and friends. She reports that Edwin Thompson, the brother of one of her former servants in England, has come to live in Canada.
Letter to William Osler from R. Ramsay Wright. Wright provides information on Eristalis larvae. He suggests that Osler consult Dr. Packard on the matter.
Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ellen Osler comments on the President's address to the Association at Chatham, printed in Medical News. She relates news of family and friends.
Letter to William Osler from Mary Anne Pickton, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pickton relates news of family and friends. She refers to Osler's school-boy prank of smoking-out the school's matron.
Letter to William Osler from Robert Palmer Howard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Howard responds to Osler's request for information on the official Acts regulating the practice of medicine in the Canadian provinces. Arrangements for Osler's lecture in Montreal. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 257-8.