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DCP-LETT-1292

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[17 Jan 1850]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 75)
Summary:

Account of the birth of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma.

Continues the water-cure.

Has begun work on fossil cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1323

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[May 1850]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 76)
Summary:

Details of his continuing water-cure regimen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1352

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
4 Sept [1850]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 77)
Summary:

Has heard that Louis Agassiz maintains the doctrine of several species of man "much I daresay to the comfort of the slave-holding southerners".

Homeopathy excites his wrath even more than clairvoyance.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1362

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
10 Oct [1850]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78)
Summary:

Is concerned about the education of his boys and is undecided between Rugby and Bruce Castle schools; is inclined toward the latter, but afraid to experiment on so important a subject.

Reports on his pear-trees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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