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DCP-LETT-4747F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Denny
Date:
17 Jan [1865]
Source of text:
Alfred Denny Museum, University of Sheffield
Summary:

Pleased to learn that HD has resumed research on Anoplura.

Are Chiloe pediculi a distinct species?

Do lice differ on different races of humans?

Is there evidence supporting Mr Marshall’s statement about Polynesian lice?

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4756F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Denny
Date:
28 Jan [1865]
Source of text:
Alfred Denny Museum, University of Sheffield
Summary:

Returns [Andrew] Murray’s paper;

especially values HD’s note that the same species of lice infect the different varieties of fowl, pigeon, and dog. Further queries about the relationship of the same species of pediculi to different domestic varieties.

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