Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler. Civilities. Osler has just received the Canon of Avicenna (1190) from Persia and a photograph of Avicenna's tomb. Osler would like to raise money to have the tomb restored.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Extract of a letter. Bardwell's paper will interest him. Wants him to go to Midhurst. Will see him in Washington. Invites him stay in Oxford a few days and see the college life. Reassures him on the quality of his English.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will not be able to go to Wiesbaden, to his disappointment. Mentions that he had a letter from Roth. The latter declined his invitation to the Vesalius celebration in London, being to feeble. Good comments on his book on Vesalius. Mentions that he got good books at Burgersdjik and Niermans sale. Asks him to get a lecture ready for the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine next season.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him the books that Maltby (book binder) has returned (Religio Medici, Observations of Sir Kenelm Digby, Religio Jurisconsulti, Hudibras). Comments on the Religios. Mentions that he bought Lord Herbert's Religio. He had received his Leyden books, in which is the original edition of Descartes. Recommends he begin in Washington and work at the Library.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to have his letter from Gibraltar. Asks where is Nyon. Garrison told him of Klebs's plans at Washington. Asks if the Johns Hopkins Hospital said anything about a lectureship on the History of Medicine. Thinks that Klebs could build up a department on Sudhoff's lines. Mentions the Singers at the Bodleian. Hopes to have Withington next year. Still struggling with his incunabula address. Details about it. Details on his schedule of visits at the Canadian Hospitals and at the American Hospital. Revere is Birkett's orderly officer at the McGill Unit. They expect Cushing next week. Comments on the Vesal Celebration. They have postponed theirs until Heger can come. Mentions a great haul at the Bodley, 4000 books from Bywaters library.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Invitation to sail to England with them by the White Star Line, on the Cedric, on May 19th.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledgment of his letter. Love to Jenks. Thinks that Klebs would be happy in Boston, as there is a nice literary group. His collection of Gesner has grown very much. He has had the promise of many of Muller's early papers. Mentions his catalogue. The list of the Early Printed Medical Books to 1480 is being revised by the British Museum Experts before getting printed by Pollard. Mentions the Americans in England and of his visit of the American Hospitals in South of England. He is busy.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. They just missed each other. Will go to the British Association meeting at Dundee which meets from the 4th to the 10th. Hopes to spend a few days with Schäfer. The Silliman lectures have been postponed until the spring. He will be better prepared. He had been rushed with the revision of his text-book until August 1st. Will send him a copy. Still dickering with Fock for the Pagel Library. The price has gone up steadily. A friend (probably his brother E.B.O) offered him the sum named at first, but he hesitates to tax him for more. Comments on the collections and on its value. Van den Corput Library went for ridiculous sums. If he can squeeze another friend, he may can get it. Details on Revere's fishing and on the weather. Description of his activities.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted with Garrison's notice of his father. He has sent it on to the Lancet. He had intended to do it himself but did not find the time. Thanks for his note about Annemasse. Will put his slip in his Servetus pamphlet for correction. Will write to Sudhoff for his birthday. Precisions on Avicenna's tomb.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler. Osler is interested in Klebs's Chicago work and has given his literature to the District Nurses Association. He would like to organize a National Tuberculosis Association.