Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Apologizes for his neglect in the work of the Textbook. Thanks for the generous article in the July Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is ashamed of his procrastination. Hopes to have his share of the Textbook finished this fall. Leas wrote a couple of months ago about the System. Discussion about it. Mentions Malloch helping him in his work. Word about Allbutt at the presentation. News from Grace's health. McCrae's parents must have been pleased with Macphail's volume. Deplores John McCrae's death, which is a heavy loss at McGill. Invitation. Mentions his bronchitis attack.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Volume III is out in the English edition and looks well. Will send the balance of his manuscript within ten days. Gibson did not have time to give him much help. Volumes IV and V could be out before July. If Volumes VI and VII came out next year, it will be quite in time enough. Hopes he has good aneurysm pictures. The Thomas plates are in the article on Dilatation aneurysm. For the Endocarditis proof, he tried, in vain, to get some in the Richard Stern's book. Pick out x-ray illustrations from Baetjer.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the memorandum. Details about the indexing of the illness for the text-book. He has re-written the polyomelitis and it will be indexed in the Infectious Diseases. Henry Thomas will look out at some points in the Nervous Diseases. It would be well to have a new index. Details on his work on certain illness. Precisions on the sorting of the sections. He has added a section on the interesting Rat-Bite Fever. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions Norman's arrival. As he cannot register, he cannot go into the Regular Army. Jones, in charge of the medical department will utilize him at once, and has the permission of Ottawa to send him to the camp at Salisbury, where they have an outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever. Osler spent three days at Bulford. He did not see Jack (McCrae), as he was billeted over in Devizes. Campbell is in good form. Mentions the rain, the mud, and the cases of meningitis. Explanations about the newspaper rumour sending him to the front with the McGill Unit. Mentions that they are having problems with the anti-vaccination people. Regarding the supposed atrocities in Belgium, he has been looking for first-hand evidence, but says that they do not exist in England. Thinks that they have been terribly exaggerated. Details about the American Hospital at Paignton. Mentions his interest in the frostbites. Suggested that the Nova Scotian graduate mentioned by McCrae apply directly to the Red Cross. Glad that volume IV is settled. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The Aneurysm section went off today, Gibson and he hope to send the balance in a week. McCrae can get out volume IV and V before July. Encouragement. Tells him to ask Welch for help. He sent the Endocarditis proof. High opinion of Maude Abbott's section. It will sell volume IV and the all System, and will be a sort of Welchean section for the next generation as the Stomach article is in Pepper. McCrae can add things to his paper. Cabot's and Price's section are very good. The proofs are remarkable.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, Oxford, England. They had a good trip back. He complains about the workmen in the house. Pleased by the prospects of the System. Does not agree with the name Modern Medicine for the book. Wondering who chose it. Would prefer " A System". Will send him titles. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him a copy of "Medico-Nautical Studies" by members of the North Atlantic Medical Society (Joke). Positive comments on Henry M. Thomas' section for the System. Civilities. Copy attached.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Details on the revised sections of the text-book. He had no reply from Appletons concerning the proofs and on explanations on the delay. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from Grace Revere Osler, 7, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Extract of a letter. She had received a telegram from Osler at Queenstown saying that he had had a splendid voyage. Revere and she arrived at Liverpool from America. There is a note from Cushing's secretary saying that she guessed the year of the letter and suggest that the Osler crossed on different steamers.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions a long article in the Army Journal on the paratyphoid which he abstracted. Requests for instructions to use the English spelling of the metric measures as it is important in Europe. Details on the schedule of the sending of the remaining sections. Civilities.