Letter from William Osler to Francis J. Shepherd [Transcript]
Contributor(s):
Shepherd, Francis J.
Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)
Osler, William
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds
The Oslers returned from Europe three weeks ago, but Mrs. Osler and Revere have just returned from Canada. Osler had to stay in Baltimore to prepare the medical school for the new session. He reports on his travels in England and Holland over the summer, during which he attended the British Congress on Tuberculosis and the meeting of the British Medical Association. He later joined his wife and son in Scotland. He writes of his rare book findings, especially from Muller in Holland. He is finding it difficult to keep up his medical practice and still have time for teaching and private work. Osler is glad that Shepherd is now the president of the Canadian Medical Association and offers to deliver an address at the next meeting. He has enjoyed reading Macallum's addresses and wonders if it is too late to have his and Wright's portraits done. He mentions Schafer and Stephen MacKenzie.. [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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