Letter to G. Alder Blumer from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler suggests that Blumer consult Fox-Bourne's "Life of Locke" for information on Mrs. Blumer. Additional notes by Blumer.

Letter to G. Alder Blumer from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler sends Blumer an essay on Locke.

Letter to F.T. Gates from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler writes that North America is still very far behind Germany in the scientific investigations of disease. He believes that the laboratories are imperfectly equipped, that the men in charge have too much teaching to do, that there are not enough assistants, and that there is a shortage of men dedicated to scientific work. He offers to provide Gates with a copy of a summary he wrote on the progress of bacteriological science printed in the New York Sun.

Letter to F.T. Gates from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Letter of thanks for Rockefeller's donation to the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Introduces Tom McCrae to him, his first assistant, who is in Boston for a few days to improve his mind and morals.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler apologizes for missing the Washington meeting, but his brother, B.B., is critically ill. Osler writes of his family's summer plans.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler accepts an invitation to dine with Shatttuck at the University Club.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler asks Shattuck for a paper his father, G.C. Shattuck, wrote on Typhoid.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler writes of Typho-malarial fever and his opinion that the two diseases, typhoid and malaria, coexist but do not form a separate, hybrid disease. He asks Shattuck what he thinks of Durham's views about relapse. Osler is very interested in these views and is sorry that he did not get a chance to incorporate them into the last edition of his text book. He thanks Shattuck for his suggestions about gas poisoning, a highly mortal and common problem in Baltimore.

Letter to Frederick Cheever Shattuck from William Osler, 1, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Osler enjoyed the Gentle Reader. He reports that the fire in Baltimore cost the Johns Hopkins $400,000 in damages.