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From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-36)
Summary:

Thanks for MS which he intends to read while on a week’s holiday.

Sends thanks for Francis Darwin’s offer of help and says that Francis’s experiments on digestion are complete.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-28); DAR 58.2: 59–64
Summary:

Sends results of experiments on digestion. Encloses two sets of notes: "Experiments on the digestibility of certain preparations sent by Mr Darwin" and "Note for Mr Darwin" [marked by CD for insertion in ch. 6 of Insectivorous plants].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Apr 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.2: 65–70
Summary:

Purpose of experiments was to determine digestive activity of liquids containing pepsin. Gives required amounts of hydrochloric, propionic, butyric and valerianic acids. Describes experiment and gives results. Also experimented on digestive activity of butyric acid at greater temperatures than the termperature of the body.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 51–2
Summary:

Reports results of experiments comparing digestibility of gluten and fibrin for CD’s work on Drosera.

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From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 May [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 54–5
Summary:

Sends CD provisional information that artificial gastric juice dissolves bone entirely and that gluten and fibrin are completely dissolved in hydrochloric, propionic, and butyric acids. [See Insectivorous plants, pp. 118–19.]

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From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 60–1
Summary:

Sends cartilage from cat’s ear, the elastic fibres of which will probably resist digestion [by Drosera]. Is preparing fibro-cartilage, which he expects will be digested easily. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 104.]

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From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 144–5, 153–4
Summary:

Is delighted to hear that Pinguicula and Drosera digest fibrin. Suggests diluting gluten in weak hydrochloric acid to remove starch. Enamel was nearly digested [by Drosera] overnight. Would like to try separating the digestive ferment of Pinguicula.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Sept [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 146
Summary:

Will prepare experiments with the fatty acids on digestion of gluten. Has found it is digested slowly, but entirely, with pepsin and hydrochloric acid.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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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