University of California Berkeley, Marian Koshland Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library, Berkeley, California, USA
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- … Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library, Berkeley, California, USA UC …
From Robert Caspary 7 May 1866
Summary
Thanks CD for invitation. Solicitous of CD’s health. Will let Hooker decide whether CD’s health will allow his visit.
[Alexander] Braun in poor health.
| Author: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5082 |
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- … Thanks CD for invitation. Solicitous of CD’s health. Will …
- … let Hooker decide whether CD’s health will allow his visit. [ …
- … Alexander] Braun in poor health. …
- … and 4 March 1866 ). On CD’s recent state of health, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 …
- … and other social occasions for reasons of health, see Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix IV …
- … hear with greatest sympathy, that your health is weak and that you must avoid excitements …
- … science you know as I, is also in very poor health for months, although his suffering is …
- … would be perhaps a real injury to your health. Therefore I must at present consider it …
- … to see you, without injury to your precious health, which God the strengthen, that you are …
- … Sir, do all in your power to strengthen your health, avoid every, even little thing, which …
- … weakens it. May your health be spared to finish as much, of the scientific objects, the …
Cresy, Edward. 1850. Public Health Act, 11 & 12 Vict., cap. 63. Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the town of Worthing. London: General Board of Health.
Porter, Dorothy. 1999. Health, civilization and the state: a history of public health from ancient to modern times. London: Routledge.
To Down School Board 16 November 1874
Summary
Must resign because of his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Down School Board |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/10/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9720 |
Simon, John (1816–1904)
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- … John Simon 1816–1904 Surgeon and public-health officer. Apprentice at St Thomas’s …
- … president, 1878. First medical officer of health to the Sewers Commission of the City of …
- … from 1848; chief medical officer of the Board of Health and its successors, 1855–76. …
- … reformer and publiciser of public-health problems. Knighted, 1887. ODNB Bibliography …
- … Press. 2004. 23,25,26,29 London’s public health departments London Sanitary reformer …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 14 January [1863]
Summary
Health.
Is sending information about Timor fossils to be forwarded to Hugh Falconer.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3915 |
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- … Health. Is sending information about Timor fossils to be forwarded to Hugh Falconer. …
- … indeed to hear you are still in weak health. Have you ever tried mountain air. A residence …
- … I trust your family are now all in good health, & that you may be spared any anxiety on …
- … of seeing you— I am now in much better health but find sudden changes of weather affect me …
- … wishes for the speedy recovery of your health | I remain | My dear Mr. Darwin | Yours …
- … spring of 1862 in a weak state of health (see Wallace 1905 , 1: 386, and Correspondence …
To Henry Bence Jones 3 January [1866]
Summary
A report on his somewhat improved health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4968A |
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- … A report on his somewhat improved health. …
- … 1865] ). For further discussion of CD’s health, see Bowlby 1990 , Browne 1998 , Colp …
- … vol. 13, Appendix IV, for an account of CD’s health in the preceding months. …
- … In his notes on his health, submitted to John Chapman in May 1865, CD mentioned that he …
- … in height ( LL 1: 109). In his notes on his health dated May 1865, CD wrote that reading …
- … Appendix II). In his May 1865 notes on his health, CD had stated that he seldom suffered …
- … the beneficial effects of coffee on CD’s health have been found. In 1864, CD’s illness had …
- … acidity was recorded in the notes on his health of May 1865 ( Correspondence vol. 13, …
To Adam Sedgwick 24 August [1859]
Summary
Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.
Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".
Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1859] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2482 |
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- … Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health. Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but …
- … sorry to hear so poor an account of your health. I should much like to attend at Aberdeen, …
- … Advancement of Science and to Sedgwick’s ill health (see nn. 3 and 4, below). The tone of …
- … Sedgwick suffered particularly poor health during the summer of 1858 and throughout 1859. …
From R. B. Carter 17 October 1881
Summary
Requests interview to get CD’s views on stages in evolution of the eye for a talk he is to give at a health congress. [Address to working men & women, 17 December 1881.] in Transactions of the Brighton health congress
| Author: | Robert Brudenell Carter |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13409 |
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- … 1881. ] In Transactions of the Brighton Health Congress . London: E. Marlborough and Co. …
- … of the eye for a talk he is to give at a health congress. [Address to working men & women, …
- … 17 December 1881. ] in Transactions of the Brighton health congress …
- … The Brighton Health Congress was held from 13 to 17 December 1881. Carter delivered the …
- … indulgence to me. at the approaching ‘health congress’ at brighton, i have undertaken to …
From John Scott to Emma Darwin 25 September [1863]
Summary
Regrets CD’s poor health.
"Do not return Primula MS."
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4307 |
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- … Regrets CD’s poor health. "Do not return Primula MS." …
- … again labouring under such a weak state of health. I hope & trust that you may be deceived …
- … of seeing him again in the full enjoyment of health. Please convey to M r . Darwin my best …
- … your returning my M.S. on account of M r . Darwin’s weak state of health. Presuming that …
- … he had been enjoying his usual state of health, I knew full well that his time was too …
To J. D. Hooker [14 July 1844]
Summary
Health and weather permitting, CD proposes to visit Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [14 July 1844] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-763 |
To William Crookes 9 May [1874]
Summary
Regrets he cannot comply with request because of his work and poor health.
Delighted to have seen correspondent’s "wonderful experiment" at Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crookes |
| Date: | 9 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9449 |
To John Higgins 18 November 1872
Summary
Acknowledges the sum of £216 18s. 6d.
Obliged for kind enquiries about his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8633F |
To George Ransome 27 [August 1849]
Summary
Regrets that state of his health prevents acceptance of invitation [to be present at inauguration of J. S. Henslow as President of Ipswich Museum in Dec 1850].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Ransome |
| Date: | 27 [Aug 1849] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1335 |
From Julius von Haast 2 June 1864
Summary
Inquires about CD’s health.
| Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4518 |
To George Cupples [after June 1869]
Summary
Wishes Cupples had said something about health. Sends regards to Mrs Cupples.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | [after June 1869] |
| Classmark: | Fraser’s Autographs (dealer) (2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6770F |
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
Summary
On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … had plagued him since the spring of 1863. Because of poor health, Darwin corresponded little during …
- … and having scientific papers read to him. In March, his health improved enough for him to make some …
- … he could work (presumably at writing) for two hours. As his health grew worse during the last two …
- … flower-peduncle, petiole, leaf, and aerial roots. When his health deteriorated in 1863, he found …
- … forms of the trimorphic Lythrum , and when his health permitted in 1864 he drew up the results …
- … Sabine, 4 December [1864] ). Struggling with ill-health Darwin received news of …
- … form of letters during 1864; because of his fragile state of health, he saw few people outside the …
- … scientific colleagues, and he continued writing even as his health worsened again in November and …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … friends and relatives, Darwin felt sufficiently restored in health to work for two or three hours a …
- … keeping up the battle, he gave up only from fatigue and ill health ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 …
- … that it was a success, and there is no doubt that his health improved, at least temporarily. This is …
- … a methodical mind keen to establish order: he chronicled his health, his daily and household …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … dropped markedly, reflecting a decline in his already weak health. Darwin then began punctuating …
- … is the mother of fine children all over the world’. Health worries Despite his …
- … no reason why he should not recover his previous state of health. Brinton’s words must have …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 26 December [1863] ) that Darwin’s health fluctuated and showed little improvement …
- … from his sons. She was pessimistic about his prospects of health over the next few months: ‘When not …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … respect for the elder naturalist, inquired after Darwin’s health, and expressed his desire to meet …
- … Galton, 13 September 1871 ). A return to poor health During the summer months, Darwin …
- … ). On 23 September he informed Murray that owing to poor health he had done nothing for six …
- … described the joyous occasion in great detail, her uncertain health requiring her to attend …
- … Murchison, and the earl of Derby. Given his poor state of health for much of the summer, it is …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
- … consulted Jones in July 1865 and attributed his improved health by the end of that year to the diet …
- … with his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin. Owing to improved health, Darwin was able to make a number …
- … she and Emma continued to play in safeguarding Darwin’s health and securing his privacy. Similarly, …
- … waterlilies prevailed over considerations of health in this case. Ernst Haeckel Nor …
- … died in October. On learning of Catherine’s poor state of health, Hooker, who had lost his father …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … reminiscences, and laments about advancing age and poor health, with family friends from childhood, …
- … operation, combined with Moulinié’s increasingly poor health, led to yet further delay, and the new …
- … to Darwin which he, however, declined on the grounds of ill health. Expression : …
- … usual chemist, William Baxter, were not in this case for his health, but to test their effects when …
- … he repeated to several correspondents. His own health was slightly better than in the …
- … sons spent some time on the continent for the sake of their health ( see letter to W. D. Fox, 16 …
- … over their wills, and he poured out such a litany of ill health to one correspondent that Emma …
- … Darwin gracefully declined on the habitual grounds of ill health ( letter from J. S. Craig, 4 …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor health so frequently in correspondence …
- … and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of health from various social activities, …
- … Darwin’s other children were also doing well. Despite ill health, his youngest son Horace began the …
- … by pointing out that dogs vomited when in perfect state of health and often returned to the vomit …
- … Jean Jacques Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873. Edmond Barbier corrected …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). Continuing ill-health Darwin had another cause …
- … authorised Murray to advertise the book, but warned: ‘my health is extremely precarious and … it …
- … Although he wrote to Müller, ‘I am sorry to say my health keeps so weak that I am not able to do any …
- … Variation . At the end of May, a month in which Darwin’s health had been particularly bad, Darwin …
- … & that, I think, is a very good sign of real improvement in health’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … own publications. To Bates, he pleaded lack of time and weak health: ‘my chief reason is that I …
- … and he declined to attend the ceremony on grounds of weak health: ‘I could have travelled to Oxford, …
- … visiting As was usual in periods of reasonably good health, Darwin seldom took breaks from …
- … and, subject to the usual qualifications, Darwin’s health was generally good. He did consult Henry …
- … in the autumn of 1870. Darwin was concerned that his poor health in previous years had left him …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … objection was based on his impression of Horace’s poor health and lack of profession, and he …
- … the medal,’ Darwin replied a few days later, ‘but my health is very doubtful & I may not be …
- … grounds that he was ‘much engaged, and old man, & out of health’), Darwin informed Mengen, …
- … despite continuing to harbour misgivings about Horace’s health and career, finally agreed to their …
- … rifts. He understood Farrer’s concerns about Horace’s health and acknowledged that the match was not …
- … wealth, grandeur or distinction, & more even than strong health’ ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … who had studied medicine but never practiced, owing to poor health, supported the decision on the …
- … to give up his plans to become a barrister owing to poor health. Suffering from chronic stomach …
- … including Revalenta (lentil and barley meal obtained from a health-food shop in London), a tonic of …
- … felt both sympathy and responsibility for his children’s health. He wrote to George and Horace (who …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … November 1878] ). Giddiness Darwin’s health, though never good, had been relatively …
- … , ‘if I had nothing to do.’ A recipe for better health was offered by a homeopathic chemist and …
- … that I have worked at science my whole life, as hard as my health wd permit, & that I have …
- … his children, and revealed his ongoing concerns about their health and his pessimism about their …
- … have 5 sons & 2 daughters, & two of my sons suffer from ill-health & will never earn any …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … and the effects of changed habits on fertility and the health of offspring. In the previous year, he …
- … rotates.’ George continued to suffer from poor health, for which his chronically invalid …
- … Charles Lyell. Darwin had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … drudgery of publishing was behind him. An improvement in his health was indicated by his comment in …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … In his reply to Dohrn, Darwin remarked: ‘You ask about my Health.— I cannot say much in its praise; …
- … ( letter to Anton Dohrn, 4 January 1870 ). Darwin’s health was generally much the same as it had …
- … in 1866 by the doctor Henry Bence Jones to go riding for his health, Darwin had faithfully followed …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … or needed to, for fear of inducing another breakdown in his health. Volcanoes, rocks, and …
