[The quantity,1 weighing still some 15 grains, is sufficient for a full examination; and with that in view Baron von Mueller has kindly undertaken to forward the specimen to Virchow, at Berlin, so that German specialists may investigate for themselves.]
Of a 'red colouring matter' found during an autopsy of a patient who had died of a severe case of hydatids. A sample was analysed by C. R. Blackett and reported to be bilirubin, 'in a situation where haematoidin might have been expected'. Whether bilirubin and haematoidin were identical was uncertain, and 'this case should throw some light on [their] identity or otherwise'.
Letter not found. The text given here is from Australian medical journal, 15 June 1886, p. 253, in Springthorpe (1886), read on 2 June 1886 to a meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria. M's letter is dated to June 1886 on the assumption that M would not have delayed in acting upon his undertaking.
Please cite as “FVM-86-06-00b,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on