Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.
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Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.
Has been experimenting with phosphates on Drosera and wonders whether animals digest a particular one.
Asks whether Huxley has approached him regarding the introduction of a vivisection act.
Thanks for JSBS’s essays; wishes he had said something on Lister’s observations. Speculates on the fungoid nature of smallpox and why there is seldom re-infection.
Discusses digestion by Drosera, the action of its secretion being the same as that of gastric juice.
Suggests JSBS’s new machine for observing arterial action be used to test CD’s hypothesis that blushing is caused by thinking intensely about a part of the body and thus releasing the arteries.
CD astonished at receiving the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians.
Requests JSBS sign certificate for [Francis Darwin’s] candidacy [for Royal Society].