From:
Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 162: 213
Summary:
News of Naples Zoological Station developments.
His remarks on physiology in the Academy were aimed at Prof. Ludwig and his school.
The usual "exact" methods in experimental physiology want only a little pushing to put an end to superstition.
Recounts how he had worked out the explanation of Rhizocephala morphology via the Anelasma – an example of both the power of inheritance and the power of genealogical investigation. R. Kossman’s work has now confirmed AD’s explanation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project