Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will hide for two months to finish the revision of his text-book. He is refusing everything but duty calls. Asks him to excuse him. Mentions a P.G. scheme in his mind.

Letter to Max Neuburger from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for his congratulations. Asks if his book is finished. Mentions that Browne, the Professor of Arabic in Cambridge said that it had the best section on Arabic Medicine.

Letter to William Longworth Wainwright from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Advises him to bring his patient, a little girl suffering from graves, to Kocher of Berne. The latter is the expert in partial thyrodectromy. Discussion over the case. Civilities.

Letter to Leonard L. Mackall from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledges his letter of the 19th. Will ask the Trustees to send Ferguson to him. Stirling will probably have a spare copy. Sorry he could not come over. Needs his advice. Thanks for the Servetus notes. Asks for precisions about them. Deplores that he is lacking time to work on his catalogue. News from W.W. Francis.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks her for her gift. Asks her if she ever read Lucians Dialogues. Revere is leaving college and going into the University and Public School Regiment. Mentions that he hates to have him go, and deplores that his training in Oxford is interrupted. Sends her a proof of his bookplate with his own design. Explains that he is still waiting until he find someone who can put in a moderate space something distinctive of the four Universities with which he has been connected. Mentions that he has been talking with 600 soldiers on health, camp, and field. Sends her a proof of a letter to the Journal of the Medical Association. Civilities.

Letter to Simon Flexner from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends him Gordon's letter. The letter follows : Explains that they tried Vedder's starch agar and they are pleased with it. Technical details about his composition. Technical details about the meningococci's reaction with Flexner's serum, Mulford serum and the Pasteur Institute serum. Mentions that the Lister Institute and Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. have been preparing serum from strains from their cases. Robb asks him for cultures for Flexner, but his letter arrived too late, so he wired him to get some from Beattie.

Letter to Edward F. Milburn from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that his brother Frank and his wife came over from British Columbia. He had not seen him for 30 years. Lady Osler's brother from Sydney and a couple of friends were also there for Christmas. His Yale lectures on the Evolution of Modern Medicine are in type, but he has not yet finished them. Promises him a copy. Civilities.

Letter to Hunter Robb from Hampton Robb, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that he got the flu and that the Oslers took care of him, making him feel at home and giving him Revere's room.

Letter to Edward Clark Streeter from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for his Christmas cable. Hopes he received the booklet on Galen or on Theophrastus he sent. Reflections on knowing of the old Greeks. Reference to Livingston's Plea for Greek in Education. Asks him to find him the second half of 1846 of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. He wants it for his Anaesthesia section. Will send him at the end of January an illustration of book-worms for framing. The Science room at the Bodley grows, deplores Singer's absence.

Letter to John Ballinger from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Agrees with the time table. Details on his itinerary. Wishes to have the chance to meet several men who are interested in the Celtic Board of Studies scheme and the University Press.