To James Paget [15 October – 19 November 1859]1
Well Terrace | Ilkley, Otley, | Yorkshire
Saturday
Dear Paget
Your kind note of the 9th has been forwarded to me here,2 where I am hydropathising & trying to resuscitate my health.
It was extremely kind in you to bear in mind my strong wish to learn any facts on inheritance at corresponding ages,3 & on correlation of growth.—4
Your case of teeth affected by syphilitic parents seems very curious; & whenever in the winter, we meet, I shd. very much like to hear a few particulars, but I would not any account wish you to take the trouble of writing them down.—
With very sincere thanks, Believe me Yours very truly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Paget, James. 1857. On the hereditary transmission of tendencies to cancerous and other tumours. Medical Times and Gazette n.s. 15: 191–3.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks JP for bearing in mind his strong wish to learn any facts on inheritance at corresponding ages, and on correlation of growth.
JP’s case of teeth affected by syphilitic parents seems very curious. Would like to hear a few particulars when they meet.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2500
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Ilkley
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.5703/27)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2500,” accessed on 7 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2500.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
