CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.


Autograph Letter Signed ("Harvey Cushing") to Mrs. Reed on his recently published biography of Osler, 3 pp, Boston, November 7, 1925, on his Peter Bent Brigham Hospital letterhead, lightly toned at spine.A WARM, FASCINATING LETTER TO A MRS. REED ON HIS RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORK THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER. Cushing responds to a Mrs. Reed, of Cobourg, Ontario, knew many of the personalities in his Life of Osler: "...That the narrative strung out in those two fat volumes should have called for such a delightful letter from you shows , more than could anything else, that the long labor of writing the biography has not been wholly in vain. I am so amused by your calling up Dr. Shepherd to ask who it was on p. 201. I'm quite overwhelmed by what you say — or imply — that I caught the color of the early days. Gracious! I had little enough to go on. And you from Cobourg [Ontario, Canada]! And Minnie Johnson your girl friend! No, I never got any trace of her, though the Rev. J. B. Johnson helped me more than anyone by sending his father's diaries. Some one should write Father Johnson's 'Life - and Bovells." An important letter that reflects Cushing's efforts to collect material from William Osler's Canadian period for his Pulitzer Prize winning biography of the English-speaking world's most influential physician.