Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for his suggestions which he found good. His opinion is that the librarian should be present at the meeting, like at the Radcliffe and at the Bodleian. Gives his opinion about the books already in the library, he is doubtful. Explains that he had already weeded out the ones he did not want in his library. States that he is after quality, not numbers.

Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Congratulations and thanks (for his "Medical Contributions to the Study of Evolution"). It is just the volume he lacked in the evolution section of his bibliotheca prima. They go to Sidmouth next Wednesday. Mentions Isabel. Asks if Rhea has gone to the sanatorium.

Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the book he gave him (Firmin Didota "Alde Mannuae"). Will put it next to Renoir Annales de l'Unpriniere Alde. Glad that Adami sent him his bookplate. He has the Leoni ceius Syphilis tractate. Mentions the Grocyn letter to Aldus in the 1499 Astrom. Veleres. Asks him for the figures of syphilis and gonorrhoea in the Canadian troops during the first two years. Mentions that the matter has been referred to in the House Committee sitting on the bill. The Bruce Report of the cases has given a great shock in Canada. Osler thinks that the figures could be useful to get increased police power against open prostitution.

Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Deplores C. Mines' death, the Professor of Physiology at McGill. Asks him if it was suicide. All goes well in the country and in the army. They are busy. Hopes to hear from Keogh that he can take the McGill Unit. Civilities.

Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler is sorry he missed Adami, but he was with J.K. Mitchell and had to attend to an urgent case.

Letter to John Dixon Comrie from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Answers him that he thinks that he could take the Sydenham and the Boerhaave. Suggests Streeter for the sixteenth-century anatomists ; W.G. MacCallum of Columbia for Malpighi ; Power for Harvey ; Paget for Paré ; Norman Moore for Medieval Medicine. Does not know who to suggest for Greeks and Arabians. Tells him to save Brown of Cambridge. Says that it is time they tried to breed an Arabian scholar. Delighted at the success of the post-graduate course.

Letter to John D. Jr. Rockefeller from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Brings to his notice an educational problem in connection with the foreign training of American medical men. They do not have an organization in London specially designed for the foreign students. Informs him that they are forming a lay Committee in London of British, American, and Colonial representatives to organize post-graduate instruction. Details what they need. Asks him if he or his father, or one of the Boards, could help them in this matter. Mentions the different things that American students can learn in England. Congratulations and thanks on the establishment by the Board of the new Public Health Institute at Baltimore. Welch is very enthusiastic about it. Civilities

Letter to John Collins Warren from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that he sent him a cable of the greetings of a group of the Massachusetts General Hospital men who had an Ether Day Dinner at the American Club. Reports that Washburn gave an account of the origin and objects of the day and Osler showed some of Morton's documents.

Letter to John Collins Warren from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Gives his opinion on the date and the author of a picture of Harvey. Details on the story on how he discovered the information on the picture in Paris, eight or nine years ago. It is a portrait made by Jansen, and worth L 300. Love to John and to Sturgis Bigelow. Civilities.

Letter to John Collins Warren from William Osler, 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Interested in Collins' paper in "Annals of Medical History". Cushing adds, on the subject of Palmoter of the 18h century.