From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873]1
6QA
Dear Father
I asked Sanderson abt Mucin &c—2 there is a man who will be able to do it quite well, & he will naturally be making artificial gastric juice. Sanderson says Hæmoglobin is certainly indigestible but globulin ought to be, mucin does not turn into peptones like albumen does—3 I dont expect I shall come home before Sat
The dionœas went splendidly yesterday we made observations all afternoon till 6.30 on one leaf we have made out some curious things quite satisfactorily4
Yrs affec | FD
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10156F
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- 6 Queen Anne St, London
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 5
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10156F,” accessed on 20 June 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10156F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21