From T. L. Brunton 26 June [1879]1
50, Welbeck Street, | Cavendish Square, W.
June 26
My dear Sir
I regret to say that I have tried in vain to find out the influence of Dr. Erasmus Darwin on the administration of stimulants in fever.2 After looking through those books which I thought likely to give the information I applied to Mr. Bowman as he knew Dr. Todd very well & Dr. Todd’s influence in introducing the stimulating practice has been very great.3 He could not give me any information so I applied to Sir Robert Christison who writes to me this morning to say that he has failed to get what you desire but has given you such information as he has obtained.4 I have been reading the Zoonomia & have been much struck with the ingenuity both of Dr. Darwin’s speculations and practice. One case of his was particularly interesting where he cured headache by extraction of a sound tooth.5
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | T Lauder Brunton
Footnotes
Bibliography
Beale, Lionel Smith. 1870. Lecture on medical progress: in memoriam R. B. Todd. British Medical Journal, 14 May 1870, pp. 485–8; 21 May 1870, pp. 513–15.
Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson.
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Todd, Robert Bentley and Bowman, William. 1845–56. The physiological anatomy and physiology of man. 2 vols. London: John W. Parker and Son.
Summary
Has tried in vain to find out about the influence of Erasmus Darwin on the administration of stimulants in fever.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12123
- From
- Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Welbeck St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 184–5
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12123,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12123.xml
