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DCP-LETT-10053

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 July 1875
Source of text:
DAR 164: 113
Summary:

Thanks for copy of CD’s latest work [Insectivorous plants].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-10142

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Aug 1875
Source of text:
DAR 164: 114
Summary:

Sends a copy of his book [The royal tiger of Bengal (1875)].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-10145

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
1 Sept 1875
Source of text:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 1629 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Summary:

Thanks JF for his book.

At present has no observations he wishes made in India.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9497

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 108
Summary:

Sends CD some cobra poison for his experiments.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9512F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
[before 25 June 1874]
Source of text:
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 23 (1874–5): 273–4
Summary:

Sends observations of poison acting on glands of Drosera. Poison acts as a stimulant to protoplasm. Very remarkable that poison acts so differently on the cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9514

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 109
Summary:

Action of cobra poison.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9521

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 69–72
Summary:

Reports on results of experiments on effect of cobra poison on animal cilia and muscle.

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DCP-LETT-9527F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
[1–3 July 1874]
Source of text:
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 23 (1874–5): 274
Summary:

Cobra poison is a stimulant to protoplasm. Poison acts very differently on cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9533

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
4 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 104
Summary:

Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9534

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 110
Summary:

Will do experiments CD suggests.

Is sending his book on the poisonous snakes of India [The Thanatophidia of India (1872)].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9559

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 111
Summary:

Is glad CD approves of his book;

has not yet done any more experiments on snake poison.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9806

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Jan 1875
Source of text:
DAR 58.2: 71, 73–82, DAR 164: 112
Summary:

Encloses results of experiments on influence of snake poison on ciliary action and vegetable protoplasm.

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