From:
George Busk
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 27 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 378
Summary:
Discusses and suggests treatments for CD’s stomach complaint. Recommends he consult William Brinton.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1863 August 27
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/37; MS JT/1/TYP/1/27, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Goodsir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Aug [1863]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 74
Summary:
Has found no Sarcina on the slides of fluid [see 4272] and nothing referable to the food. Will repeat examination if vomiting recurs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 156
Summary:
Suggests CD consult George Busk about his stomach.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
27 Aug [1863]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 57)
Summary:
Discusses methods of pollination in orchids.
Thinks RT should investigate Physianthus to see if it requires insect aid for fertilisation as the Asclepiadaceae do.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[after 27 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 70: 172
Summary:
[Roland] Trimen of the Cape of Good Hope sends evidence that a moth [Achaea chamaeleon] is capable of perforating the skin of a peach with its delicate proboscis. Have any readers observed moths or butterflies sucking any fruit of which the skin was not previously broken?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
