Printed invitation hand-signed by A[?] E. Wordin, Secretary. Francis Bacon was a Yale surgeon. The Fairfield County Medical Association dated from the founding of the Connecticut (State) Medical Society in 1792.
Letter of recommendation by David Ferrier for Dr. James Taylor who had applied for the position of medical officer at the Adelaide Hospital. There is no recipient specified. Letter was the gift of F.M. R. Walshe, London, to John F. Fulton, October 1951.
Letter to Osborne at Yale, discussing the medical curriculum at Harvard. Reginald Heber Fitz taught theory and practice of physic at Harvard Medical School.
The letter writer is a physician and surgeon who invites his friend to visit. He hopes to write a book on the principles of surgery and asks for advice on having it published. He may be Samuel Ward Francis (1835-1886).