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Faraday to Henry Bence Jones   26 October 18591

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Wednesday 26th Octr

My dear Bence Jones

I did think of calling on you; but went to Sir B. Brodies instead and as I am told to keep in I write least you should hear of my matters otherwise & not that they are serious. This morning I awoke without pain & found I was lying in blood which had issued from one or two small punctures or apertures in the scrotum, the scrotum itself being also black & charged with blood. Mr. Cutler2 refers it to the breaking of a small blood vessel during my violent recent sea sickness. All is going on well now & there is no more effusion. I have only to take care. We have come home for good so all is right with us & I hope with you. I shall see Sir B. Brodie on Friday morning3 but expect there is nothing to do.

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

1
Dated on the basis of the reference to Faraday’s sea sickness from his journey to inspect the French lighthouses (see letters 3650 and 3661) which is also mentioned in letter 3670.
2
Edward Cutler (1796-1874, Plarr (1930), 1: 312-3). Surgeon at St George’s Hospital.
3
That is 28 October 1859.

Bibliography

PLARR, Victor Gustave (1930): Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2 volumes, Bristol.

Please cite as “Faraday3662,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3662