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:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Sends CD some cobra poison for his experiments.
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.
Action of cobra poison.
Reports on results of experiments on effect of cobra poison on animal cilia and muscle.