From William Jenner [after 24 November] 1864
Summary
CD’s urine is normal. He may take antacids for his stomach.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 24 Nov] 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4367 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … urine analyses performed in November (see letter from William Jenner, 21 November 1864 ). …
- … urine was too alkaline (see letters from William Jenner , 9 November 1864 , 21 November …
- … and 24 November 1864 ). See letters from William Jenner , 9 November 1864 and n. 6, and …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from William Jenner, 24 November 1864 . …
From William Jenner 15 October 1864
Summary
Prescribes continuing the phosphate of iron.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4637 |
From William Jenner 9 November 1864
Summary
Prescribes "syrup of phosphate of iron". Requests a urine sample.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4666 |
From William Jenner 14 August 1864
Summary
CD’s urine sample was probably alkaline when passed. The deposit was phosphate of lime. Prescribes a new antacid and continuation of podophyllin. He can judge CD’s state as described by his letter.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4589 |
From E. A. Darwin 7 May [1864]
Summary
Henry Holland sends thanks for Zoonomia.
Sir Henry would not expect podophyllin to be good for CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4489 |
From William Jenner 24 November 1864
Summary
Prescribes carbonate of ammonia with horseradish. CD is to avoid any magnesia. Recommends CD go without medicine for a time and avoid the "evil habit" of taking too much water.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4679 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … 1864 ‘C. left off alkali’. See letters from William Jenner , 9 November 1864 and n. 1, …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and n. 6, and letter from William Jenner, …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and n. 6); he recommended spirits of horseradish in his letter to CD of 15 October 1864 . See letter from William Jenner, …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 [March 1864?]
Summary
Sends Effie’s [K. E. Wedgwood] letter;
recounts other family news.
Is interested in CD’s thoughts on podophyllin.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [Mar 1864?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4374 |
From J. D. Hooker 6 April 1864
Summary
J. H. Balfour gives Scott excellent character reference, but says he is unfit either to superintend or be subordinate.
Herbert Spencer’s review of J. M. Schleiden is interesting [see 4457].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 204–5; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence English letters Balfour 1866–1900 vol. 78: 311) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4452 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6 May 1864]
Summary
CD has been so ill they must discourage visit by WDF. Recovering slowly with new treatment.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [6 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4487 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … s diary (DAR 242)). See also letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] …
- … letter from W. D. Fox, 5 [May 1864] . The Darwin family spent from 3 September to 12 or 13 October 1863 at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where CD and Horace Darwin took the water cure at the hydropathic establishment of James Smith Ayerst (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). William Jenner …
From William Jenner to Emma Darwin [17 March 1864]
Summary
Proposes to examine CD at Down.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Mar 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4368 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1864]
Summary
CD has told Scott not to hope for help from JDH.
Health improving.
Hopes to write Lythrum paper soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 229 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4461 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … March and 10 April (see also letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] , …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 , n. 9. See also letter from William Jenner, …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 ). In CD’s ‘Journal’, he reported that he was ill during the first three months of 1864, and was last sick on 13 April (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix II; see also letter to T. H. Huxley, 11 April [1864] and n. 6). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that William Jenner …
To Henry Bence Jones 3 January [1866]
Summary
A report on his somewhat improved health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4968A |
To Asa Gray 29 October [1864]
Summary
Sends question [missing] for an ornithologist.
Is plodding on at Variation.
Has added to Climbing plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 29 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (88) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4647 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from William Jenner, 9 November 1864 and n. 1. CD …
- … letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] and n. 16, and letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 May [1867] ( Calendar no. 5544)). CD had been taking phosphate of iron since 21 August 1864 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), as part of his regime for treating his stomach illness (see also letter from William Jenner, …
From H. B. Jones 10 February [1866]
Summary
Sends a diet for CD’s flatulence.
| Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5003 |
To John Chapman 16 May [1865]
Summary
Asks JC to pay him a professional visit at Down to consider whether the ice treatment would apply to his case. Describes his sickness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Chapman |
| Date: | 16 May [1865] |
| Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 42) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4834 |
From W. D. Fox 28 November [1864]
Summary
Congratulates CD on the Copley Medal.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4683 |
From William Jenner 21 November 1864
Summary
Has analysed CD’s urine and suggests he omit the alkaline powders. Continues to prescribe iron phosphate.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4677 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 April [1865]
Summary
Asks to borrow Botanische Zeitung (1860) with Friedrich Alefeld on Pisum [pp. 204–5].
JDH should ask George Busk whether he knows a better doctor than William Jenner "for giving life to a worn out poor devil".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 262 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4805 |
From E. A. Darwin [15? April 1864]
Summary
Sir Henry Holland wants to see [Erasmus Darwin] Zoonomia.
Snow [F. J. Wedgwood] has gone, hoping to meet Fanny who is in a state of anxiety.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15? Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4482 |
To W. D. Fox 30 November [1864]
Summary
The Copley Medal is considered a great honour, but such things make little difference to CD, except for the several kind letters he received. It shows that natural selection is making some progress.
His health is poor.
Work is crawling on Variation;
occasional botany recreative.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 145) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4685 |
| letter | (37) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Jenner, William | (7) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (33) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
| Jenner, William | (7) |
| Darwin, Emma | (4) |
| Fox, W. D. | (4) |
