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Comments on his examination of slides [of milk casein?] sent by CD.

Surprised by CD’s finding that a drop of one per cent hydrochloric acid stops digestion of albumen by Drosera.

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CD asks if he may call next day for talk.

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Asks for information about his grandfather’s influence on medical practice, to be used in his preface to Erasmus Darwin [1879, p. 107].

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Asks for information about influence of Dr Erasmus Darwin on English medicine.

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Regrets he has not given Zoonomia the attention it deserves. Informs CD that Erasmus Darwin may have anticipated a discovery about paralysis of vessels by exposure to heat [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 109].

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Thanks for information about Erasmus Darwin and for lending journal.

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Has tried in vain to find out about the influence of Erasmus Darwin on the administration of stimulants in fever.

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Sir Robert Christison says Dr Darwin not the first to recommend alcohol for fever.

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Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin.

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Thanks for copy of TLB’s Pharmacology [1880].

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Sends proofs of lectures he intends to reprint as a book [The Bible and science (1881)]; asks CD if he would check one for errors.

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Forwards the preface to his book [see 12999] and comments on the effect of the Bible on science.

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Would like to call on TLB while he is in London.

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Thanks TLB for the collection of his writings.

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Thanks CD for a copy of Earthworms.

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Wishes to contribute to subscription to pay legal expenses of David Ferrier [in vivisection prosecution].

Comments on physiological papers.

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Thanks CD for his offer of assistance to David Ferrier.

Discusses CD’s earthworm book.

Tonsils in man as rudimentary organs.

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Writes to ask how much he should subscribe to fund for David Ferrier.

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Writes regarding subscription to set up the Science Defence and Advancement Fund to protect investigators from anti-vivisectionists and to promote knowledge of the purpose and importance of vivisection.

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Feels he should decline nominal presidency of the proposed Science Defence Association.