Other matters discussed include a enquiries received by Needham from people looking for acupuncture treatment.
The correspondence comprises 5 letters from Mann; copies of 4 letters from Needham. The related documents comprise a change of address card for Mann; note from Dr. Friedemann Freund of Göttingen, Germany, about the usefullness of 'Science and Civilistion in China' in his translation of the Japanese classics, with particular reference to the 5-elements theory (the note was sent to Needham by Mann, who had recently met Freund in Germany.