Title:

Letter from Grace Osler to Harvey Cushing [Transcript]

Creator:

Osler, Grace

Contributor:

Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)

Recipient:

Cushing, Harvey

Date:

31 August 1917

Description:

Grace is referring to the death of her and William's son, Edward Revere Osler on a Belgian battlefield during World War I. Cushing and other American surgeons were stationed at a nearby field hospital and tried unsuccessfully to save him.. Lady Osler is comforted only by the fact that Cushing was with Revere when he died. She always expected it would happen, but could never be ready for the death of her son. She is expecting Futcher to arrive in a few days time.. [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.

Original Repository:

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Transcripts

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds. 12841

Legacy ID:

GFBBLV

NLM ID:

101743406X184

Profiles Collection:

The William Osler Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X184

Story Section:

Sir William: Regius Professor at Oxford, 1905-1919