From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
21 Sept [1873]
Source of text:
The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Summary:
Although CD’s experiments with pepsin were unsuccessful, he observed that the glands [of Drosera] as far as acid is concerned act just as the stomach of a mammal. Further experiments detailed. The secretion must contain something analogous to pepsin. [See 9062.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project