25 February, Wednesday. Palo Alto. We found all well and Mary & family very happy in their lovly new Colonial home which we had not seen before. We had her master bedroom twin beds, nice dressing room bath etc & did we enjoy it all. Best of all was to see Nancy, their dear baby for the first time she is adorable loads of Blond curly hair large deep blue eyes, very healthy and bright now 14 mo old walking & almost talking and very good. Dick has changed alot and so cute. David all grown up rides bike to school and ask little of anyone. Mary & Taylor very well & happy both ride wheels & have taken first Aid WAR MEDICINE There can be no denying the fact that the camp and the battlefield through the centuries have been the practice school for both surgeon and clinician. As Hippocrates puts it, He who would become a surgeon therefore should join the army and follow it. Ambrose Pare, William Harvey, John Hunter, to mention only a few of the great luminaries of the past, at one time served in the army. James Lind, during his long naval experience, laid the foundation for the prevention of scurvy. In modern times, trained nursing, as we know it today, had its inception in war. Immunotherapy, preventive inoculation, scientific sanitation and hygiene; in short the whole science of preventive medicine owes much of its remarkable development to the lessons gained during recent armed conflicts. Thursday, February 26. Palo Alto. It is so good to be here. Taylor is off for the train at 5 A.M. every morning to be at Bank America in San Francisco. He has lots of responsability as he is now Vice Pres. He is a very fine man. Mary took us for a long drive & every place is beautiful with spring blossoms. Some Acacia still in bloom. We had a nice lunch at Allied Arts a very lovly interesting place. We spent some time at the Stanford Museum. Very fine our first visite here. Spent a pleasant evening home, enjoying the family. Dr has taken some cold as it is much more damp here. If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one WM. PENN. WARNERS CALENDAR OF MEDICAL HISTORY.