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{"id":12509,"date":"2017-08-30T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12509"},"modified":"2022-07-12T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T14:34:43","slug":"our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOur dear Laddie has been taken\u201d: Edward Revere Osler killed in Flanders, August 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0By Susan Speaker ~ <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12510\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbff.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbff.jpg?fit=881%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"881,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBFF\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/GFBBFF<br \/>\nThis photo was taken during World War One, in about 1916, the year that Revere, age 20, joined the field artillery of the British Army. He died from wounds sustained in battle in August of 1917. Osler served as head physician at the Canadian Red Cross hospital at Cliveden for the duration of the war. [Description courtesy of McGill University.] <\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>William Osler and his son Revere, in uniform at 13 Norham Gardens, 1916. This photo was taken during World War One, in about 1916, the year that Revere, age 20, joined the field artillery of the British Army. He died from wounds sustained in battle in August of 1917.<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbff.jpg?fit=220%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbff.jpg?fit=752%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-12510\" title=\"Revere Goes to War\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbff.jpg?resize=357%2C487&ssl=1\" alt=\"A photgraph of an older man with a young man in uniform.\" width=\"357\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Osler and his son Revere, in uniform, 1916. This photo was taken during World War I the year that Revere, age 20, joined the field artillery of the British Army.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an earlier post, I highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/12\/29\/what-a-mess-and-we-are-not-half-through-dr-osler-on-englands-home-front-in-world-war-i\/\">wartime experiences of Sir William Osler<\/a>, who is often called \u201cthe father of American medicine. Dr. Osler was enjoying a very active retirement in Oxford, England when the first world war began in August 1914. He and Lady Osler pitched in with the war effort, organizing military hospitals, tending the wounded, working with the Red Cross, and taking in Belgian refugees. Their only child, Edward Revere (b. 1895), had started college at Oxford that fall, but left after one term to join a McGill University hospital unit. Revere wasn\u2019t especially eager for battlefield experience, but, like almost everyone, wanted to \u201cdo his bit.\u201d He spent the summer and fall of 1915 in France with the hospital unit; when it was disbanded at the end of the year (after seeing very little action), he enlisted in the British army. By October of 1916, he was back in France with the Royal Field Artillery\u2019s 59th Brigade. His descriptions of the battery\u2019s location in a <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101743406X173\">November 14th letter<\/a> were of little comfort to his anxious parents.<\/p>\n<p>The letters of Sir William and Lady Osler during the war years reflect, among other things, the relentless stream of tragic news from the front. No family was spared the loss of loved ones, it seemed; the sons, nephews, brothers, cousins, friends, and colleagues of the Oslers\u2019 neighbors and extended family appeared on the casualty lists with alarming frequency. Like many, they tried to keep their spirits up and carry on, but they worried constantly about their son, and often feared the arrival of each day\u2019s telegrams and mail. Remarkably, for many months, Revere was not injured at all, except for minor exposure to poison gas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 243px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"243\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 153px; height: 243px;\" data-original-width=\"153\" data-original-height=\"243\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbxm_page_1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"149\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"239\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12515\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1145,1838\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBXM_Page_1\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/GFBBXM<\/p> <p>31. VIII. 17 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford. Dear Jacobs How I wish I could have spared you the grief that the sad news will give you &amp; dear Mrs. Jacobs. We have been preparing for the blow. I knew it would come. Long delayed the Fates have hit me hard at last. It is [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] not surprising after all these long years of prosperity in heart &amp; head. No man living have ever been so blest in his friends. Poor laddie! He is at peace, out of the hell of a war he loathed, only his love for us &amp; a sense of duty took him among the combatants. Everything about war revolted his feelings. Fortunately he has been much happier of late, [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] and has been devoted to his men for whom he had the greatest admiration. Harvey Cushing was with him, which is the greatest consolation to us. We have no details but Harvey wired yesterday at 4:30 dangerously wounded, &amp; at 9 am the W.O. [War Office] telephoned that a message had come thru from the Director Gen. Sloggelt that he was dead. We are heart broken. He &amp; I had become such [END PAGE THREE] [BEGIN PAGE FOUR] cronies with the same tastes &amp; habits that it makes the blow all the harder. He had developed surprisingly &amp; had become so keen about all that was best in literature &amp; with such good sense. We have had a very happy life with him. I suppose few fathers can say that they never spoke a cross word to a son — but I never had occasion to. Blessings on you both for your kind sympathy. We shall face the blow bravely. Sue Chapin is here fortunately. Ever yours affectionately, Wm. Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_1.jpg?fit=187%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_1.jpg?fit=638%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_1.jpg?w=149&h=239&ssl=1\" width=\"149\" height=\"239\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"149\" data-original-height=\"239\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBXM_Page_1\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary from 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford.\" style=\"width: 149px; height: 239px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to Henry Barton Jacobs, August 31, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 157px; height: 243px;\" data-original-width=\"157\" data-original-height=\"243\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbxm_page_2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"153\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"239\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12516\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1168,1832\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBXM_Page_2\" data-image-description=\"<p>31. VIII. 17 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford. Dear Jacobs How I wish I could have spared you the grief that the sad news will give you &amp; dear Mrs. Jacobs. We have been preparing for the blow. I knew it would come. Long delayed the Fates have hit me hard at last. It is [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] not surprising after all these long years of prosperity in heart &amp; head. No man living have ever been so blest in his friends. Poor laddie! He is at peace, out of the hell of a war he loathed, only his love for us &amp; a sense of duty took him among the combatants. Everything about war revolted his feelings. Fortunately he has been much happier of late, [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] and has been devoted to his men for whom he had the greatest admiration. Harvey Cushing was with him, which is the greatest consolation to us. We have no details but Harvey wired yesterday at 4:30 dangerously wounded, &amp; at 9 am the W.O. [War Office] telephoned that a message had come thru from the Director Gen. Sloggelt that he was dead. We are heart broken. He &amp; I had become such [END PAGE THREE] [BEGIN PAGE FOUR] cronies with the same tastes &amp; habits that it makes the blow all the harder. He had developed surprisingly &amp; had become so keen about all that was best in literature &amp; with such good sense. We have had a very happy life with him. I suppose few fathers can say that they never spoke a cross word to a son — but I never had occasion to. Blessings on you both for your kind sympathy. We shall face the blow bravely. Sue Chapin is here fortunately. Ever yours affectionately, Wm. Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_2.jpg?fit=191%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_2.jpg?fit=653%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_2.jpg?w=153&h=239&ssl=1\" width=\"153\" height=\"239\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"153\" data-original-height=\"239\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBXM_Page_2\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary.\" style=\"width: 153px; height: 239px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to Henry Barton Jacobs, August 31, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 148px; height: 243px;\" data-original-width=\"148\" data-original-height=\"243\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbxm_page_3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"144\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"239\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12517\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1109,1843\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBXM_Page_3\" data-image-description=\"<p>31. VIII. 17 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford. Dear Jacobs How I wish I could have spared you the grief that the sad news will give you &amp; dear Mrs. Jacobs. We have been preparing for the blow. I knew it would come. Long delayed the Fates have hit me hard at last. It is [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] not surprising after all these long years of prosperity in heart &amp; head. No man living have ever been so blest in his friends. Poor laddie! He is at peace, out of the hell of a war he loathed, only his love for us &amp; a sense of duty took him among the combatants. Everything about war revolted his feelings. Fortunately he has been much happier of late, [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] and has been devoted to his men for whom he had the greatest admiration. Harvey Cushing was with him, which is the greatest consolation to us. We have no details but Harvey wired yesterday at 4:30 dangerously wounded, &amp; at 9 am the W.O. [War Office] telephoned that a message had come thru from the Director Gen. Sloggelt that he was dead. We are heart broken. He &amp; I had become such [END PAGE THREE] [BEGIN PAGE FOUR] cronies with the same tastes &amp; habits that it makes the blow all the harder. He had developed surprisingly &amp; had become so keen about all that was best in literature &amp; with such good sense. We have had a very happy life with him. I suppose few fathers can say that they never spoke a cross word to a son — but I never had occasion to. Blessings on you both for your kind sympathy. We shall face the blow bravely. Sue Chapin is here fortunately. Ever yours affectionately, Wm. Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_3.jpg?fit=181%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_3.jpg?fit=616%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_3.jpg?w=144&h=239&ssl=1\" width=\"144\" height=\"239\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"144\" data-original-height=\"239\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBXM_Page_3\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary.\" style=\"width: 144px; height: 239px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to Henry Barton Jacobs, August 31, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 382px; height: 243px;\" data-original-width=\"382\" data-original-height=\"243\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbxm_page_4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"378\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"239\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12518\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1848,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBXM_Page_4\" data-image-description=\"<p>31. VIII. 17 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford. Dear Jacobs How I wish I could have spared you the grief that the sad news will give you &amp; dear Mrs. Jacobs. We have been preparing for the blow. I knew it would come. Long delayed the Fates have hit me hard at last. It is [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] not surprising after all these long years of prosperity in heart &amp; head. No man living have ever been so blest in his friends. Poor laddie! He is at peace, out of the hell of a war he loathed, only his love for us &amp; a sense of duty took him among the combatants. Everything about war revolted his feelings. Fortunately he has been much happier of late, [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] and has been devoted to his men for whom he had the greatest admiration. Harvey Cushing was with him, which is the greatest consolation to us. We have no details but Harvey wired yesterday at 4:30 dangerously wounded, &amp; at 9 am the W.O. [War Office] telephoned that a message had come thru from the Director Gen. Sloggelt that he was dead. We are heart broken. He &amp; I had become such [END PAGE THREE] [BEGIN PAGE FOUR] cronies with the same tastes &amp; habits that it makes the blow all the harder. He had developed surprisingly &amp; had become so keen about all that was best in literature &amp; with such good sense. We have had a very happy life with him. I suppose few fathers can say that they never spoke a cross word to a son — but I never had occasion to. Blessings on you both for your kind sympathy. We shall face the blow bravely. Sue Chapin is here fortunately. Ever yours affectionately, Wm. Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_4.jpg?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_4.jpg?fit=840%2C531&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbxm_page_4.jpg?w=378&h=239&ssl=1\" width=\"378\" height=\"239\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"378\" data-original-height=\"239\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBXM_Page_4\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary.\" style=\"width: 378px; height: 239px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to Henry Barton Jacobs, August 31, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>However, at the end of August 1917, the RFA 59th brigade was part of the summer offensive into Belgium known as the Battle of Passchendaele (or the Third Battle of Ypres). As Revere\u2019s unit was moving their guns forward on August 29th, a large German shell hit close by, wounding or killing nine men. Revere, with severe shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, chest, and thigh, was carried by stretcher, rail, and field ambulance to the nearest casualty clearing station (CCS #47). The American staff there summoned Harvey Cushing (an Osler family friend) and George Crile from their respective <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/24\/u-s-army-base-hospital-4-receives-royal-greeting-in-england\/\">base hospitals<\/a>, and they assisted the CCS surgeons who tried to repair the damage. With surgery and several blood transfusions, their patient seemed to stabilize and even regained consciousness briefly. Despite the best available care, Lieutenant Osler died early on the morning of August 30th, one hundred years ago today.<\/p>\n<p>In their letters just after Revere\u2019s death, his grieving parents revealed not just their anguish at losing their cherished only child, but the terrible\u2014and no doubt common\u2014feeling of resignation that no family touched by the Great War would escape loss.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 214px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"214\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 136px; height: 214px;\" data-original-width=\"136\" data-original-height=\"214\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbgg_page_1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"132\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"210\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12512\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"753,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBGG_Page_1\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/GFBBGG<br \/> 1.ix.17 Dear Birkett, Our dear Laddie has been taken! We felt all along that it was to be our fate. I felt certain that escape was impossible. I have had so much &amp; no knocks to speak of! We have to thank you for your kind care of him. War was not his job. I dare say [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] he is glad to be out of the Hell &amp; at peace. He only went into it for our sake. The whole business was loathesome [sic] to him. He had been much happier of late &amp; had learned to take a great interest in his men, who had won his esteem. I hope you are better. Do come to us when you are in England. Greetings to all. Yours sincerely Wm Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_1.jpg?fit=188%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_1.jpg?fit=643%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_1.jpg?w=132&h=210&ssl=1\" width=\"132\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"132\" data-original-height=\"210\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBGG_Page_1\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary from 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford.\" style=\"width: 132px; height: 210px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to H. S. Birkett September 1, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 135px; height: 214px;\" data-original-width=\"135\" data-original-height=\"214\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbgg_page_2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"131\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"210\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12513\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"751,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBGG_Page_2\" data-image-description=\"<p>1.ix.17 Dear Birkett, Our dear Laddie has been taken! We felt all along that it was to be our fate. I felt certain that escape was impossible. I have had so much &amp; no knocks to speak of! We have to thank you for your kind care of him. War was not his job. I dare say [END PAGE ONE] [BEGIN PAGE TWO] he is glad to be out of the Hell &amp; at peace. He only went into it for our sake. The whole business was loathesome [sic] to him. He had been much happier of late &amp; had learned to take a great interest in his men, who had won his esteem. I hope you are better. Do come to us when you are in England. Greetings to all. Yours sincerely Wm Osler <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_2.jpg?fit=188%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_2.jpg?fit=641%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbgg_page_2.jpg?w=131&h=210&ssl=1\" width=\"131\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"131\" data-original-height=\"210\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBGG_Page_2\" alt=\"A handwritten letter on stationary from 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford.\" style=\"width: 131px; height: 210px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler to H. S. Birkett September 1, 1917 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 214px;\" data-original-width=\"270\" data-original-height=\"214\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbbfn\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"266\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"210\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12511\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbfn.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1265\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBFN\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/GFBBFN<\/p> <p>Revere Osler and Sir William Osler at a cottage in Llanddulas, Wales. The Oslers spent a peaceful month here is the summer of 1911. Sir William had just been made a baronet two months previously. [Description courtesy of McGill University.] <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbfn.jpg?fit=300%2C237&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbfn.jpg?fit=840%2C664&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbfn.jpg?w=266&h=210&ssl=1\" width=\"266\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"266\" data-original-height=\"210\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBFN\" alt=\"An older man and a teenage boy post together on a porch.\" style=\"width: 266px; height: 210px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> William Osler and his son, Revere, in Llanddulas, Wales, 1911 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 299px; height: 214px;\" data-original-width=\"299\" data-original-height=\"214\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/08\/30\/our-dear-laddie-has-been-taken-edward-revere-osler-killed-in-flanders-30-august-1917\/gfbblv\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"295\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"210\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12514\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbblv.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4577,3259\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"GFBBLV\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/GFBBLV<br \/> Oxford 30 VIII 17. Major Cushing – 46 CCS France. Thank God you are with him love. Tante Grace Osler 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford. Friday (Aug. 31st, 1917) Dearest Harvey, Our one comfort is that you were with him – No one in the world could have done as much and no one been fonder of him – I can only think what an agony it was to you when you saw him come in. You will tell us Everything I know – Dear Revere, he was living for his leave – a letter last evening told what we would do – I hope he knew you and could talk to you – It is very hard – &amp; we’re getting old. There was a fine life in store for the boy – but it couldn’t be. I always expected this to happen – but I never could be ready – Kate will know through Ottilie – we cabled. What a marvel it is that we have you all to help us – and your children. Tom Futcher will be here in a day or two I hope. Our love – Tante Grace. <\/p> <p>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. <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbblv.jpg?fit=300%2C214&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbblv.jpg?fit=840%2C598&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbblv.jpg?w=295&h=210&ssl=1\" width=\"295\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"295\" data-original-height=\"210\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GFBBLV\" alt=\"A typwritten transcript.\" style=\"width: 295px; height: 210px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Grace Osler to Harvey Cushing, August 31, 1917 (transcript) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><em>Through 2018, <\/em>Circulating Now<em> will periodically publish posts featuring NLM collections that illuminate the medical history of <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/category\/series\/the-great-war\/\">The Great War<\/a>, which lasted from August 1914 to November 1918. These Osler family letters are in the collections of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/branches\/osler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Osler Library at McGill University<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalarchives.jhmi.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions<\/a>, and are available on NLM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/Collection\/CID\/GF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profiles in Science<\/a> site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Susan Speaker, PhD, is Historian for the Digital Manuscripts Program of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0By Susan Speaker ~ In an earlier post, I highlighted the wartime experiences of Sir William Osler, who is often<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19605840,"featured_media":12525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u201cOur dear Laddie has been taken\u201d: Edward Revere Osler killed in Flanders, 30 August 1917 - #WW1","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42333869,12763,1269102],"tags":[8437,4704,50991,488,3948355,110820],"class_list":["post-12509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives-manuscripts","category-collections","category-the-great-war","tag-death","tag-france","tag-letter","tag-military","tag-william-osler","tag-world-war-i"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gfbbfn_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C401&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xcDk-3fL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19605840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12509"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24461,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions\/24461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |