From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 156
Summary:
Suggests CD consult George Busk about his stomach.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Suggests CD consult George Busk about his stomach.
Has found no Sarcina on the slides of fluid [see 4272] and nothing referable to the food. Will repeat examination if vomiting recurs.
Discusses methods of pollination in orchids.
Thinks RT should investigate Physianthus to see if it requires insect aid for fertilisation as the Asclepiadaceae do.
[Roland] Trimen of the Cape of Good Hope sends evidence that a moth [Achaea chamaeleon] is capable of perforating the skin of a peach with its delicate proboscis. Have any readers observed moths or butterflies sucking any fruit of which the skin was not previously broken?
Discusses and suggests treatments for CD’s stomach complaint. Recommends he consult William Brinton.