To W. W. Baxter 8 August [1871]1
Haredene | Albury | Guildford
Aug 8th
Dear Sir
Will you be so kind as to send me eight (8) grains of acetate of Strychnine, in paper by Post.—2 I have your Bottle labelled into which to put it— Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Mrs Darwin begs Mr Baxter will send the contents of a bottle of Citrate of Iron & Quinine at the same time, as she thinks it will come better in that way than in the bottle3
Footnotes
The year is established by the address; the Darwins rented Haredene from 28 July to 25 August 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
CD used strychnine acetate in experiments on insectivorous plants; see letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n. 4.
The postscript is in Emma Darwin’s hand. Citrate of iron and quinia was a preparation of soluble crystals commonly used as a tonic (Royle and Headland 1865, p. 492).
Summary
Asks WWB to send 8 grains of acetate of strychnine by post.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7900
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter
- Sent from
- Haredene, Albury Surrey
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 26)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7900,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7900.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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