Ɛpsilon

From H. A. Pitman   9 May 1879

Royal College of Physicians | London S.W.

May 9th. 1879

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that at a Meeting of the College held this day to award the “Baly Medal” “to the person who shall be deemed to have most distinguished himself in the science of Physiology” the Medal has been unanimously awarded to yourself.1

It has been customary for the President of the College to present the Medal after the Harveian Oration which will be delivered on the 26th of June, and it is hoped that it will be convenient to you to be present on that occasion2

I have the honour to be | Your obedient Servant | Henry A Pitman | Registrar

Charles Darwin Esq

CD annotations

Top of letter: ‘Keep’ pencil
1
The Baly medal, a biennial award, was founded from a gift received in 1866 from Frederick Daniel Dyster (British Medical Journal, 4 November 1911, p. 1222). The award memorialised William Baly, a physician who had died in a train accident in 1861 (ODNB).
2
The Harveian oration, established by William Harvey in 1656, was an annual lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London (ODNB). The president of the Royal College of Physicians in 1879 was James Risdon Bennett.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12043,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12043