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WCP2268

Letter (WCP2268.2158)

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The University Medical Society.

THE COLLEGE,

Glasgow,

6th Feby 1871

Dear Sir

I am just now preparing a paper on the problems of Biology as you will see by the enclosed syllabus1 and I have been informed that you have published in a separate volume2 your papers on this subject[.] Will you kindly send me your publishers [2] address, so that I may be able to procure it.

I have read a number of them, but would like to have them all.

Are you aware when Mr Darwin3 is going to publish his volume on Natural Selection as applied to Man?4

Spiritualism is progressing very rapidly & quietly in this part of the Kingdom, and some very good mediums are being developed both in this City and in Edinburgh[.] The most extraordinary manifestations are the direct spirit paintings through Mr David [3] Duguid,5 they are done in from one to two minutes in total darkness on a table apart from the medium and on a marked card.

They are very satisfactory I am Prosector in anatomy with Dr Allen Thomson6 here, and was with Dr Thomson seeing him paint, Dr Thomson thought it very curious but not satisfactory.

I am | Dear Sir | yours faithfully | G. B. Clark.7 [signature]

1
The enclosed syllabus has not been found.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1870. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays. London: Macmillan & Co.
3
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
4
Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray.
5
Duguid, David (1832-1907). British spiritualist medium.
6
Thomson, Allen (1809-1884). British physician, anatomist, and embryologist. Professor and administrator at the University of Glasgow 1848-77.
7
Clark, Gavin Brown (1846 -1930). Physician and Member of Parliament.

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Transcribed by Newman-Plotnick, Harry [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie18/04/2026 [2022-07-19]

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