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DCP-LETT-9669

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
9 Oct 1874
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-19)
Summary:

Has been testing the digestive powers of Drosera; wants to know whether a group of substances that elicit similar responses are related.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9676

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 101–3
Summary:

Suggests an explanation for difference in excitability of Drosera leaves to meat and albumen on the one hand and, on the other, fibrin, areolar tissue, gelatin, and fibrous basis of bone.

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DCP-LETT-9678

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
13 Oct 1874
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-20)
Summary:

Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9681

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Oct [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 104–5
Summary:

Responds to CD’s questions about relation to gelatin of areolar tissue, fibrous basis of bone, and other substances CD is using in his work on digestion of Drosera.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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