From George Busk 28 April 1865
15 Harley St
April 28 1865
My dear Darwin
Just as I was starting on a short trip to Belgium from which I have but just returned, Hooker wrote to me to ask whether I could suggest the name of any one who might be able to lay down any treatment for your complaint—1 I am very sorry to have delayed so long answering his query & still more so to learn by a note from him yesterday that you are at present suffering a great deal.—
I dont know whether Dr Garrod (84 Harley St) has ever been consulted in your case,2 but if not I think he has had as great experience in gouty affections, if yours should be anything of that kind, as anyone—3 He is a sensible man & I dont know any one more to be recommended for a trial, which I most fervently hope may be of some benefit against your cruel foe—
Believe me | Yours very truly | Geo. Busk
Footnotes
Summary
Has heard from Hooker that CD is very ill and asking for suggestion of a doctor to consult. Recommends A. B. Garrod as specialist in gouty complaints.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4820
- From
- George Busk
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Harley St, 15
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 381
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4820,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4820.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13