To F. S. B. François de Chaumont   23 December 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Dec 23. 75

My dear Sir,

I am very much obliged to you for so kindly sending me your Lectures on State medicine, parts of which, I feel sure, will interest me much.1

With many thanks | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

François de Chaumont’s Lectures on state medicine (François de Chaumont 1875) dealt with sanitation. François de Chaumont had previously provided CD with information on habitual gestures for Expression (Correspondence vols. 21 and 22).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10321,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10321