Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will talk with him when he gets the details on the other Medical Library buildings, illustrating what has been done elsewhere. Does not agree with the possible choice of the Hanover Building for the Library of their Society. Should carry out a plan of campaign. 1. Informing the members of the profession, 2. the families of notable old members, 3.the public. Suggests to contact Carnegie with a statement of their activities, he may help them like he did in Philadelphia.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. His opinion on the P. Zotique Hebert affair is that if the British Gynecological Society did not remove his name, and if the forms have been sent, the Council of the Royal Medical Society should determine if he is fit and the proper person. Osler has told him he has no chance to be elected. The Council will take the final decision.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Accepts to be on the Library Committee if the meetings are not on Mondays or Fridays. He is busy at the Council and the Press on those days.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Carnegie wrote him that he was only interested in the question of free public libraries and could not help them. Osler has written again urging the claims of the library that it was a free one and calls his attention to the increase in its use in the past years. Deplores the fact that Morgan has left for a week in New York.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He told Hebert, an old fellow student of his at Montreal, not to use any of his letter in an advertisement. He wrote to the British Medical Journal to have his name removed. Mentions that Hebert was a shady fellow of the Medical Chirurgical and knows nothing of his work. He only knows that Hebert is badly mixed up in that French case.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Informs him that he was depending upon a mutual friend who will tell him when Morgan returned. He prefers sending him a statement in print, which he is sending a proof to him to correct it as soon as possible. He will ask for an appointment for Church for him to meet Morgan. Kinnicut has already written to him. Mentions that he is not a man to be hurried in these matters. Cushing's note that can be read p.127 and first paragraph p.128, volume II.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Proposes to attack them both next week. Asks him to return his proof and he will send a copy to Morgan and ask for an interview. They could see Mr. C and put the case before him. Asks him where C. stops in London.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Accepts to write a letter to the members though he wonders how they would feel having this coming from a new comer. Asks him if there are men he could tackle privately. Asks if anyone ever attacked Tomes. Savage can help in that matter. Would take advice about sending out a letter from himself. Civilities.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He has written to Tomes and to Brown of Preston, and to the man who is supposed to keep the purse of the Draper's Company. Will try to approach some others. Thinks that Strathcona will give something. Asks him to send a descriptive booklet to John McFadden, and put his compliments inside. Suggests to look for the descendants of some of old worthies connected with the Medical Chirurgical or other societies. Wonders who are the heirs of Robert Barnes. Would suggest they fit up a Robert Barnes' room. Family vanity is a powerful lever which Mitchell has used with advantage in Philadelphia.

Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He has not heard from Tomes. Brown will subscribe. Asks him to send the latter a list of the subscribers and a copy of the booklet. Principle Boyd of Hertford College will help in an application to the Drapers, of which Society he is an influential member Through his influence, they built the Radcliffe and the new electronic laboratories. Will ask him to arrange an interview between the Warden, Morris, and themselves.