From A. G. Dew-Smith   21 February [1882]

Feb 21. Tuesday,

F. M. B. slept very well last night is comfortable this morning & the Doctors say that this is “the best day he has had yet”.1

Francis Maitland Balfour was ill with typhoid fever (see letter to Anton Dohrn, 13 February 1882 and n. 4).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13695,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13695