Letter from William Osler to Lawrence F. Flick [Transcript]
Contributor(s):
Flick, Lawrence F.
Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)
Osler, William
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds
Osler would like to arrange for Musser, Wilson, Tyson, and Flick to meet Mr. Phipps over dinner. Osler will do anything he can to help bring the International Congress on Tuberculosis to the U.S. He does not know anything about the American Congress of Tuberculosis, but has heard that it is not in the hands of the right men.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]. About this transcript: Soon after Osler's death in 1919, Lady Osler asked their good friend Dr. Harvey Cushing to write a biography. For this project, Cushing gathered a wide variety of material, including a substantial amount of Osler correspondence and other memorabilia borrowed from Osler's family, friends, and colleagues. He employed three secretaries to transcribe these documents, and later donated the transcripts (along with his other working materials) to the Osler Library. Because many of the original documents were returned to the owners, the Cushing transcripts constitute the largest and most accessible collection of Osler's correspondence.. Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" was published by Oxford University Press in 1925, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1926.
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