Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He kept an impression of the touch-piece to show Miss Farquhar. Good comments on Klebs' paper. Mentions that he must write to him for he is very fond of the non-teutonic side of him. Comments on Klebs' job. Relates his attending at Fenny Stratford, the 183rd Patronal Festival in honour of the Willis Family. Civilities.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sorry to hear of the death of the dear old gentleman (Fletcher). Nixon informed him about it from Bristol. Tribute to him. Mentions that they became much attached to him at the Johns Hopkins. Recollections of his lecture on Medical Jurisprudence. Sympathies to the family. P.S. Klebs showed him the proof sheets of the VR with Historical books in Surgeon General's Library. Asks him if he could have a set. Mentions that he just had the gift of his historical library of medicine.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Congratulations on Billings' book. Comments and reflections. Thinks that Garrison has dealt very satisfactorily with the American Medical Association, in which Billings was treated with scant courtesy. Mentions that things are going satisfactorily, except for a little difficulty about munitions. The recruiting has been splendid. The hospitals are full, and the Canadians have been hard hit. Sends him a list of books he wants. Asks him if he found many letters from Windsor to Billings. Thinks that he did not gave enough credit to Windsor for the enormous help he was in the early days. Explains that Billings and Windsor often spoke of it. Details about this. He received a nice letter from Klebs. Jokes. Thanks for his kind word about his I.H.H. work.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Compliments on a tribute to Lauder Brunton. Asks him to send a copy to Brunton's son. Asks news of his work on the book. Hopes that the newspapers will self-restrain themselves about America at war. Good comments about the last Volumes of series II. Asks news from Klebs. Sends a clipping from MacPhail. Good comments about the latter. News of Revere. Word about their anxiety.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks to McCulloch for the check list of their incunabula. Osler's list of Early printed medical books is being revised by Scholderer at the British Museum. Pollard would not print it otherwise. Hopes they shall print this October. Mentions the difficulties to work at his catalogue raisonne. Morton sent some of his father's early papers and Osler has given the duplicates to the Royal Society of Medicine. His remarks about Morton may interest Garrison. Optimistic comments about the war. Proud of the Americans. The Singers have all sorts of schemes, among them a catalogue of all English scientific manuscripts.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the other copy which came. Shows his interest in seeing their incunabula. He is working over the ones up to 1480.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad that he is getting on rapidly with Billing's book. They will be glad to see Cushing, and will try to get him to lecture, as Garrison suggested. Mentions that at Heger's request, they have postponed their Vesalian Celebration until happier times. He is struggling with his list of early printed books. Will have to abandon several items because Kraus is not available. Asks for his list of incunabula. Asks if he has an Aderlasskalendar. He is writing to the Surgeon General begging for a copy of the Army Medical and Surgical Reports for his Army Committee, which is preparing for the history of the war. It is not surprising that Klebs is a pro-German, as he was brought up there. Greetings to Streeter.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Teases him for not coming in England, as he needs his help. Discussion about his library scheme. Thinks that it will take at least five years to do it. Mentions that he got the first edition of Kant's "Critik",1781 and the early edition of Nicholas de Guas, (1417?). Wishes to help Mackall to find steady library work. Glad that the K.P. business is not as bad as Garrison thought. Greetings to Straub.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They are following events (America's position about war) with deep interest. Mentions that they had a group of 16 Harvard men who were to join their unit in France. Thinks that it was sporting thing to do in the face of strong opposition from friends and relatives. There are also 17 nurses. Mentions Singer and the Science room in the Bodleian. He is working with a secretary on his catalogue. Mentions his butler's death in a war hospital. Asks him to keep an eye out for him for Morton Letheon, 1846 and on his other pamphlets on Mofe of Admin. Ether and in the physical effects. Greetings to Klebs. Asks him if he has heard anything of Sudhoff. Deplores the chasm opened by the war. News of Revere. They are anxious and worried about him. Civilities.

Letter to Fielding Hudson Garrison from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the memorandum. Thinks his decision is wise. Will talk with MacAlister and (Pflarr?) about the cards from the Library of Congress. Suggests putting a note in the Lancet and the British Medical Journal calling the matter to the attention of the smaller libraries and private collectors. Hopes that the new edition is progressing. All goes well in spite of the hard whacks.