Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Concerns the opportunity to buy Pagel's Library. Would like to induce Marburg to buy the books for the Johns Hopkins University. He had written to Sudhoff asking him to send him the catalogue, and if there was any hurry, he would cable Marburg or Welch to see Sudhoff. Comments about a Spanish item on Syphilis (Diaz de Isla, "el Male Serpentino," Sevilla, 1542. Kind comments on Sudhoff with whom he wishes to spend a week and visit the Institute. Mentions that he got a fine 1478 Celsus of which he has a copy that he will hand over to one of the libraries.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions that he had been swamped with work for the past two weeks. Complaints about the many meetings and the congress details. Asks him if he will attend the Congress.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledges his letter of the 12th with his greetings. Kind comments on Jacobi who just died. Account of his birthday gathering. Mentions Allbutt. Hopes to have time to devote to his library. Glad that Klebs is going to Switzerland. Invitation to visit them. Comments on Erastus.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to have his letter and to know that he is taking course on Swiss theology. Recommends a course on the work of Melanchthon who lectured on physiology. Asks him to look for papers and books of Melanchthon for him. Asks him a copy of Roth (on Vesalius). Mentions that Klebs' book had had good reviews. Thanks him for calling his attention to the review by Naegeli. Von Mering's book is excellent.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the Servetus pamphlets. Asks him if the account of the Vienna celebration has been published in book form. If so, asks him for a copy. Mention of a Harvey paper. The heirs are making difficulties about the Pagel Library. Had written to Sudhoff about it. Hopes it may come his way. A friend of his has made an offer for it. Note from Cushing, saying that the price was pushed higher and higher, and it has been acquired by the St. Louis Medical School, Barnes Hospital.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Invites him to the dinner given by him to the foreign members of his section at the Royal Automobile Club, August 6th. Will get him to help with the seating. Glad that Klebs saw Singer. Good comments on the former. Comments on the Wellcome exhibits.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. (Received in the USA). It is a hopeless job to think of getting any truth between the two sides. Hostile remarks about the editors. Mentions that he seems to have been fortunate in Belgium. In England, they had very different stories told them by Americans who were there, and from the Belgian professors and doctors who gave first-hand ghastly stories. Glad to hear of Sudhoff and Muller. Discussions about how long will the war last. Thinks that the question is how long before the Germans and the Americans will fight against each other. Invites him to visit him if he comes to England.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will send the medal (Arloing memorial) on to Jacobs. Relating the last meeting of the Historical section, he mentions Crawfurd's paper on the Italian Plague Banners. Mentions that he had been elected President of the Bibliographical Society. Explains that he feels a bit timid in front of those professional bibliographers. Invites him to one of their meeting and to their Colophon Club dinner. About Baltimore, explains that it has always been difficult to get an audience for the lecture on the History of Medicine. Billings sometimes had a scant attendance. Sends him the obituary notice of Fletcher.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Osler will arrange to have a photograph of the Paracelsus portrait in the Bodleian sent to Klebs. He asks about a national monument to Ulrich von Hutten in Germany. He would like one of Nuttall's men, or Nuttall himself, to write a report on insects for the International Congress on Hygiene.

Letter to Arnold Carl Klebs from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted with the Ufenau pictures. Answers that yes, he remembers Varro's reference, as Hektoen put it in the front of his article on my System. The book he finds most useful is Bayle's "Biographie Medicale." Comments about it.