My dear Bowman
Very many thanks for your note.2 As the disease is not very rare, & as it is known to be hereditary, I will not give the case, (about which I was very doubtful) & am glad to decide in the negative. My informant has a name which could fill up one of these lines by its length, & which was the reason I did not copy it letter by letter.3
Your’s most sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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