Letter to William Willoughby Francis from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him a couple of "Books and Men" snippets. Details about the tribulations of finding a place for the hospital for the Canadian Contingent. They have been given a Convalescent Home near Folkestone. Armour is in charge. Mentions that there is nothing he could get in connection with it. Details on the beds available. Medically, everything is at standstill, but the recruiting is going on actively. The country is hopeful. Revere joins the Training Corps in October. Asks him what he found about the Canada Life Annuity. Financial advice. Love to Muriel's children. Civilities.

Letter to Wilmot Herringham from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will read his Postgraduate letter with interest. Hopes the scheme they are struggling with may materialise.

Letter to Winford H. Smith from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that he cannot leave because of war. Oxford will be one of the biggest hospital bases. Mentions that the Examination Schools have been converted into a hospital for 400 beds. The country has been expecting this, and the organization was prompt. Expresses his disappointment not to come (25th anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital).

Letter to Winford H. Smith from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Assumes that Meyer told him that the 16th of April suits him. Compliments on the gathering and on Meyer's work for the occasion. Civilities.

Letter to Winford H. Smith from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that his lectures at Yale will begin in the week of the 20th (April). Will have to be there until the 29th. Any time after would suits him for the Hopkins celebration. Deplores that he got his invitation for the Harriet Lane Home too late to send a cable of congratulations. Civilities.

Letter to W.L. Williams from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the book he had sent (Veterinary Obstetrics). Mentions his attachment to his old days in Montreal. News from McEachran.

Letter to W.M. Birks from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Accepts an invitation for a dinner on the 4th.

Letter to Woodrow Wilson from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Explains to him the opportunity offered by an American Lady to the medical services of the U.S. Army and Navy to study the British medical service methods during war. Keogh assures him that every facility would be given. The permission have to be asked by the government. Induces him to talk the matter over with Wood and Gorgas. Civilities.

Letter to W. R. Boyd (State Board of Education) from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Gives his opinion on the way to manage work in a type of hospital closely associated with a University. In that case, it is better to have the practice confined entirely to the members of the staff. Explains that it creates a hopeless confusion to have half a dozen men in attendance whose ways of work are different. Allusion to the new tendency in the fresh graduate to aspire to become a surgical Mayo, which becomes a difficulty. For everyone's sake, it is better to develop a few really distinguished men in the departments than to encourage a wholesale mediocrity.

Letter to W.W. (?) Foster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Regrets not being able to say good-bye, congratulates him on completing a difficult job and thanks for kindness to W.W. Francis, Later note by Francis who was Foster's aide at Invalidi di Guerra conference in Rome, Oct. 1919.