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To W. W. Baxter?   8 November [1872–4]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Nov. 8th

Dear Sir

Please to send me in a Box a vulcanised Indian-Rubber Enema of medium size.— The one which I had from you & which suits me, is 414 inches in height from the base to the upper part of the wooden rim which receives the bone nozzle.—2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year range is established by the printed stationery, with the address in the centre; CD used this type of notepaper from January 1872 until November 1874. Baxter was CD’s chemist.
2
On CD’s health, see J. Browne 1998.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 me,] interl
1.2 in height] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8613,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8613