Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler writes to inform Shepherd that at the recent meeting of the Faculty of Medicine of McGill, Shepherd was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy. Osler recommends some courses in London and Vienna that Shepherd should attend before his appointment in August. He suggests that Shepherd take a course on the Microscope with Klein at the Brown Institute. Dr. Campbell has resigned as the chair of Surgery at McGill, but remains as Dean of the Faculty. Fenwick has succeeded Campbell, and Roddick has been appointed to Chemical Surgery.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler inquires after Shepherd's plans for the remainder of his stay in Europe. He informs Shepherd that there is talk of the Dean [of the Medical Faculty of McGill?] resigning, and Osler sees no reason why Shepherd should not take his place. Osler is busy preparing his lectures. Published in Cushing, vol. I, p. 126.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, 20, Radegonde Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler understands Shepherd's misgivings about taking the Demonstratorship at McGill, but urges him to accept the position. He asks Shepherd to stop in at Hartnack's in Paris to check on the microscopes he ordered. He also requests photographs of Hyrtl, Hebra, Bamberger, and many more. Incl. ms. notes. Published in Cushing, vol. I, pp. 132-33.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, Leipzig, Germany. Osler informs Shepherd that he will likely accept an appointment to the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Includes manuscript notes.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Sutherland, Mills and Thornton visited with Osler, and they all had fun looking over the Exam papers in the McGill Gazette. Osler does not think Mills will ever assimilate and thinks he should find a position away from Doctors. He comments on the Goulstonian Lectures. He mentions Ross, Gardner and Howard. Osler is interested in information on the general and special evolution of the [medical] profession.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, University Club, 1316 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Osler dispels a rumor that he was going to be in Montreal on the 20th. He hopes that Campbell will not beat "Mac." He has written to Kerr, Sullivan, and others about the meeting [in Winnipeg?]. Mitchell is helping him get consultation work. He comments on Molson's unfortunate situation

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, 131, South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He discusses plans to travel to Montreal for Christmas. His work at Blockley keeps him busy: he has 80 patients to look after. He writes that public comments made by Shepherd re. Canada Medical Association & the Quebec profession will "stir up dust."

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, Philadelphia. Civilities. Includes an additional note from Mr. F.J. Shepherd regarding the Washington meeting of the Assoc. of American Physicians.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler, Maryland Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He expresses his sympathy over the loss of an unidentified colleague. He writes of progress made on his text book.

Letter to Francis John Shepherd from William Osler. Osler declines to write another lecture, as he has already written two this year ("The Army Surgeon" and "The Leaven of Science"). While in England over the summer, Osler worked on a monograph on Chorea and read about Sydenham in the British Museum. Includes manuscript notes.