‘Tell Brother Regius...’ Clifford Allbutt's correspondence with Archibald Malloch during Osler's final illness

摘要

Summary: A very close friendship developed between Sir Clifford Allbutt (1836–1925)nand Sir William Osler (1849–1919) after they became regius professors at the universitiesnof Cambridge and Oxford, respectively. In 1919, Osler contracted influenza during then1918–19 pandemic. The disease developed into serious pneumonia and empyema andnwas the cause of his death. One of his attending physicians in his final illness was Dr TnArchibald Malloch (1887–1953) with whom Allbutt began to correspond. Allbutt’s lettersnto Malloch are presented here. Allbutt was an exemplary physician. His handwriting,nhowever, left much to be desired. Transcription of these letters was no mean feat.