From William Jenner 15 October 1864
Balmoral
Octr 15th. 64
My dear Sir
There is no objection to your taking the Chalk1 the urine, not becoming turbid I should fear stone if the urine continued in that state— Phosphate of Iron is a very useful medicine2—one I often prescribe—but I am inclined to the opinion that it the iron which does the good & that the phosphate of iron is a form in which it can in some be better or more easily taken into the system—& which sits better on the stomach of some—
The Iron if it agrees will certainly improve the vigour & give strength—
So my advice is continue the phosphate ⟨of⟩ I⟨ron⟩ Take C of Magnesia C. of Am. & sp. of HorseRad. & occasionally add the chalk—3
Yours very truly | Wm. Jenner.
P.S. | I am sorry that your letter having had to be forwarded to me has occasioned delay—4 I expect to be home on 27th. Octr.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Beasley, Henry. 1865. The book of prescriptions, containing more than 3000 prescriptions, collected from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons, English and foreign. 3d edition. London: John Churchill and Sons.
Summary
Prescribes continuing the phosphate of iron.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4637
- From
- William Jenner
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Balmoral
- Source of text
- DAR 168: 51
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4637,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4637.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12