From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Lister
Date:
7 Oct 1878
Source of text:
Godlee 1917, p. 387
Summary:
Suggests that benzoic acid would be a deadly poison to bacteria and their allies.
Is puzzled about the use of borax as a disinfectant because in his experiments Drosera were not in the least injured by boracic acid.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project