Describes a patient’s ears with peculiar tufts of hair in places where he has never seen them before. Encloses sketch.

A letter introducing T. F. Burgers, President of the Transvaal Republic.

Thanks for Insectivorous plants.

Intrigued by the analogy between fairy-rings and annular skin diseases, e.g., herpes and psoriasis.

Encloses copy of description of an outgrown stump. Refers to letter [missing] in which CD reports on a case of amputation. Would like to check J. Simpson’s cases before thinking everything is settled.

Instructs CD that his son [William] should take a holiday following his concussion.

Thanks JP for his kindness, but unfortunately the [unspecified] case is of no use to him.

Regrets that he cannot send the promised volume [Biographie médicale, 7 vols, 1820–5, biographical appendix to Dictionaire des sciences medicales]. Offers to have his son make an abstract of the biography [of Erasmus Darwin].

Thanks for Erasmus Darwin. It is a rare life and an unmatched illustration of the transmission of intellectual strength.