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To Alfred Krakauer   12 January 1880

I am much obliged for your note. I have heard of other analogous cases, but there remains the doubt whether they may not be accidental coincidences, for such cases certainly occur in non-Jewish families.—1

Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

Down, Beckenham | Jan 12.—1880.

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Krakauer’s note has not been found and the cases referred to have not been identified. The recipient is given in the J. S. Stargardt catalogue for an auction on 4 and 5 October 1989 (Catalogue 645); he was an ear specialist.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12419A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12419A