John Stevens Henslow to Faraday   28 January 1854

St Albans | 28 Jr 1854

My dear Faraday,

I have had the enclosed in my pocket book for the last 4 or 5 weeks - hoping to leave it as I passed thro’ town on a visit to Darwin¹ on a former trip, & again at the present time² - but I have not had an opportunity - so pack it off by post. I have altered the label for I found I had written it wrong from having transferred the writing of it from right to left without inverting the order - forgetting that the threads crossed. You have therefore my hair & the spiders thread no longer figuring as overthin & overthick. I hope & trust the attack you mentioned in the last³ has proved transitory. I am vastly better & can walk to advantage & no longer to a disadvantage. It seems my attack was what is now called neuralgic - & a hint that I ought to be more cautious. The Doctors have prescribed 3 excellent doses, viz. Warmth, recreation, & good living! I am getting on with the Museum Notices - & gave them⁴ a lecture on crystallography last Tuesday⁵[.]

Ever Yours truly & | Sincerely | J.S. Henslow