From Joseph Fayrer 2 April 1882
53 Wimpole St
2 April 1882
Dear Mr Darwin
I am sorry to say I have not yet succeded in getting you some Cobra poison here, but do not yet despair of doing so.1
Meanwhile, a letter is on its way to Bengal to Mr Vincent Richards, Civil Surgeon of Goalundo in Bengal asking him to send you some by post direct, so that it will reach you within the space of time required to reply to a letter. Mr Richards who formerly worked with me in India is now carrying on some investigations in snake poisons and will I hope have what you want ready to send.2
If I get any here it shall be sent to you at once.
Yours very truly | J Fayrer—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bhaumik, Rahul. 2018. Colonial encounter on Indian snakes and their venoms: the transmission and transformation of Western ophiological knowledge in British India, 1780s–1910s. Indian Journal of History of Science 53: 132–40.
Report of the commission on snake-poisoning 1874: Report on the effects of artificial respiration, intravenous injection of ammonia, and administration of various drugs, etc. in Indian and Australian snake-poisoning; and the physiological, chemical, and microscopical nature of snake-poisons. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press. 1874.
Summary
Is trying to get some cobra poison for CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13752
- From
- Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Wimpole St, 53
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 115
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13752,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13752.xml
