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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
Date:
[before 29 Apr 1875]
Source of text:
DAR 97: C18
Summary:

Sends a sketch of a bill on vivisection that he understands LP wishes to see.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
Date:
15 May [1875]
Source of text:
Bonhams (dealers) (10 November 2009); DAR 147: 245
Summary:

Discusses Vivisection Bill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
Date:
26 May 1875
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Playfair 206)
Summary:

Writes about the Vivisection Bill; there is great fear that it may prevent demonstration dissections on insensible animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
Date:
28 May [1875]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Playfair 207)
Summary:

Writes again on the Vivisection Bill, expresses his desire not to ruin the progress of physiology whilst avoiding useless vivisection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project