Dear Mr Fox

I wish we could have accepted your kind proposal of coming here¹ but I must tell you how ill Charles has been since we were at Malvern.² He has had almost daily vomiting for 6 months & it was becoming a great anxiety that it should be stopped. About 3 weeks ago D^r Jenner saw him for the 2^nd time³ & he has succeeded in stopping the vomiting & he has been 3 weeks free from it, but I am afraid of the least exertion bringing it on till his stomach has more recovered its strength.

You know that the pleasure of seeing & talking with you w^d be all the worse for him the more he enjoyed it at the time.

The day we saw you in London last spring⁴ has been almost the last time of his being tolerably well—

He is still in his room & goes to bed more than once in the day, but he walks out of doors & occupies himself a good deal with experiments with his flowers, so that tho’ his progress is very slow he does get on. I dare say you are enough of a Doctor to like to know what has done him so much good   It is small & very frequent doses of Chalk, Magnesia & Carbonate of Ammonia⁵   Charles desires me to give you his kind love—

I am my dear Mr Fox | Yours very sincerely | E. Darwin

Will you remember us both to Mrs Fox⁶