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DS and an ALS. Notices, signed by Flourens, acknowledging receipt of materials sent by M. Vattemare, Mr. Macculloch, and A.D. Bache. He also writes to M. Sauve regarding the eulogy of M. Leruy.

Letter (ALS). Reminds the addressee of his promise to write a chapter on the anatomy of the lungs and throat for a book Berard is preparing to publish.

Letter (ALS). In this very cordial letter, apparently written to Maine de Biran after his exclusion from the Council of Five Hundred on suspicion of royalism, Cabanis, himself a member of the Council, admonishes him to continue with his work, promising him every assistence.

Holograph signed. Typed English translation available. Desault concludes that section of the pubis is not a dangerous operation and that in certain cases it is preferable to the Cesarean section.

ALS. Writes of his theories on the treatment of vaporous affections, as they will appear in the seventh edition of his work Traite des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes. He speaks of general opposition to his doctrines.

ALS. Applies for the position of tutor in zoology and botany at the preparatory school and submits his qualifications and publications. Addended is a letter of recommendation from the Baron de Villefosse.

ANS to M. Caccia.

AMS. Prescribes course for treatment, including purging and a milk diet, for a case involving respiratory and disgestive disorders.

Business and professional correspondence of Pliny Earle, Sr., (1762-1832), inventor and cotton textiles manufacturer, and of Pliny, (1809-1892), physician and alienist, including a few personal letters to Miss Earle. Correspondence addressed to Earle, Sr., touches on politics, patent rights and carding machines. Correspondence addressed to Earle relates to mental illness and the institutional care of the mentally ill. He received letters from physicians, institutional administrators, and philanthropists, including a number of letters of introduction. Items, mostly ALS and 10 addressed envelopes, are arranged in roughly chronological order.

ANS. Asks addressee to excuse and to notify others of his absence from a committee meeting.