Letter to Lewellys Franklin Barker, (April 1917 ?)
- CA OSLER P417-3-3-123-062
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- (April 1917 ?)
Part of Harvey Cushing Fonds
Letter to Lewellys Franklin Barker from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that Foster of the CAMC offers Barker, Futcher and McCrae wards in one of the Canadian Hospitals in England for periods of 4 or 6 months with temp. commission as Lt. Colonel. Osler mentions that he told Foster that they might feel that their duty was to help in organizing the Hospital Units in USA. He had tried to get Jones to make them the offer last summer. They are greatly excited about the news in America. News of Revere who is at Arras. They are anxious. Civilities. Mentions that he had cabled McCrae. He has not yet seen the book.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919