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From E. A. Darwin   7 May [1864]1

May 7

Dear Charles.

Sir H send’s thanks for Zoo:2 which he has returned. I told him you had been trying Podophyll:3 & he said he had just had a patient come to him suffering from taking it & that as far as he knew it was nothing but a strong drastic, & if taken with that view he should think not good for you. I dont think I experienced any other effect from it myself

yours aff. | E D

1
The year is established by the reference to CD’s taking the drug podophyllin. He began doing so on 24 March 1864 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
2
The reference is to Henry Holland, who had asked to borrow a copy of Erasmus Darwin’s Zoonomia (E. Darwin 1794–6). See letter from E. A. Darwin, [15? April 1864]. CD’s annotated copy of this work is in the Rare Books Room at CUL (see Marginalia 1: 185–7).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4489,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4489