From C. H. Blackley 7 July 1873
Summary
Thanks for copy of Wyman’s book.
His own recent researches [on pollen] at high altitudes were inspired by CD’s account in Journal of researches of distances dust may travel.
| Author: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 192 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8967 |
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- … From C. H. Blackley 7 July 1873 …
- … Blackley, C. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 160: 192 Charles Harrison Blackley Manchester 7 July 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … I Remain Dear Sir | Yours Very Truly | Cha s H Blackley Cha s Darwin Esq M.A. F.R.S. &c …
- … cities far away from sources of pollen ( Blackley 1873 , pp. 115–53; see also Taylor and …
- … Walker 1973, p. 106). Evidently Blackley had not yet received CD’s letter of 5 July [ …
- … Blackley refers to Morrill Wyman’s book Autumnal catarrh ( M. Wyman …
- … causes and nature of catarrhus aestivus ( Blackley 1873 ). Philipp Phoebus wrote a study …
- … in Journal of researches 2d ed. , p. 5. Blackley was sampling air at high altitudes to …
- … Bibliography Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and …
From C. H. Blackley 11 July 1873
Summary
Thanks for suggestion to try effect of dry heat on pollen and for other new information on pollen. Will begin new experiments soon, hoping to cure hay-fever.
| Author: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 193 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8974 |
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- … From C. H. Blackley 11 July 1873 …
- … Blackley, C. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 160: 193 Charles Harrison Blackley Manchester 11 July 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Dear Sir | Yours Very Sincerely | Cha s H Blackley Cha s Darwin Esq MA. F.R.S. &c P.S. I …
- … Blackley had published a book on the causes of hay fever; see letter …
- … to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] . See letter to …
- … C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] and n. …
- … 3. Blackley operated homoeopathic practices at Egerton Terrace and Stretford Road in …
- … Taylor and Walker 1973). See letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] and n. 7. …
To C. H. Blackley 5 July [1873]
Summary
Comments on CHB’s book [Experimental researches on catarrhus aestivus – hay-fever or hay-asthma (1873)].
Explains that some pollens are wind-blown while others depend on insects for dispersal. Effect of pollen on skin and mucous membrane astonishing. Sends a book [M. Wyman, Autumnal catarrh (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Date: | 5 July [1873] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms.84.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8965 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To C. H. Blackley 5 July [1873] …
- … Darwin, C. R. Blackley, C. H. …
- … Collection, Ms.84.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 July [1873] Charles Harrison Blackley …
- … Bibliography Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and …
- … The year is established by the reference to Blackley 1873 . …
- … CD refers to Blackley’s Experimental researches on the causes and nature …
- … of catarrhus aestivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma) ( Blackley 1873 ). See letter to C. …
- … H. Blackley, 14 June [1873] and n. 2. See letter from Federico Delpino, 18 June 1873 , …
- … fertilisation , p. 381. The list appears in Blackley 1873 , p. 75. CD underlined the …
- … see Marginalia 1: 59), taking issue with Blackley’s idea that the granular matter of the …
- … being deposited on the microscope slide. Blackley explained the increase in hay fever as …
- … of Science and Arts 42 (1842): 195–7. Blackley speculated about whether the transport of …
- … could explain why patients suffered from hay fever out at sea ( Blackley 1873 , p. 148). …
- … CD annotated this passage in Blackley 1873 ‘error? ’ ( …
To C. H. Blackley 14 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks for sending Experimental researches. He will read it as soon as he finishes a book in hand. [See 8965.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Date: | 14 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | Arbor 441–2 (September–October 1982): 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8943A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To C. H. Blackley 14 June [1873] …
- … Darwin, C. R. Blackley, C. H. …
- … October 1982): 148 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 June [1873] Charles Harrison Blackley …
- … this letter and the letter from C. H. Blackley, 7 July 1873 . CD’s annotated copy of …
- … æstivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma) ( Blackley 1873 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see …
- … Bibliography Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and …
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| Blackley, C. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
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| Blackley, C. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
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| Blackley, C. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
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Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 …
- … interested in hay fever. On 14 June [1873] he wrote to Blackley to thank him for his book …
- … & mucous membrane seems to me an astonishing fact’. Blackley was a doctor, practicing in …
- … the medical establishment. Himself a hay fever sufferer, Blackley devised an ingenious series of …
- … able to single out pollen as the only credible cause. Blackley investigated pollens from over …
- … dry heat above the boiling point of water. He also asked Blackley why he had not considered the …
- … to be largely blown in every direction. (Letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ) …
- … pressing upon me’. Darwin was fascinated by Blackley’s experiments testing whether pollen …
- … why some sailors suffer from hay fever out at sea. Blackley flew kites at different altitudes …
- … later work, possibly inspired by his interest in homeopathy, Blackley tried to find out the smallest …
- … pollen grains is wonderful’. The ultimate goal of Blackley’s research remained elusive. He …
- … part of the task I originally set myself. Blackley tried many drugs to no avail. He had …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Black, E. W. (2) Blackley, C. H. (8) …
