To W. W. Baxter 11 December [1873–5?]1
Please to send Bottle of “Hydrated Magnesia” if you have any.—2 It is thicker than cream, & I think slightly opake.—
Please mark dose.—
C. Darwin
Down. Dec. 11th.
Footnotes
The year range is conjectured from a note on the letter reading ‘About 1874?’ that may have been made by William Baxter (1861–1934), the son of William Walmisley Baxter.
Hydrated magnesia (magnesium hydroxide; Mg(OH)2) was used as a purgative (Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal 62 (1844): 559).
Summary
Requests hydrated magnesia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13772G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/2)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13772G,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13772G.xml
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