To James Crichton-Browne 7 September [1873]1
Down,
Sept. 7,
My dear Sir
I must write one line to thank you again for the Vol. of Reports which I have at last read—nearly the whole of. I have been profoundly interested. It seems clear that the physiology of the Brain will soon be largely understood. What a step it is. You have reason to be very proud of the volume.2 I have read also with great interest your paper on Epilepsy: what a blessing it will be to many if your means can be largely applied.3
With the greatest respect | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Crichton-Browne, James. 1873. Nitrite of amyl in epilepsy. West Riding Lunatic Asylum Medical Reports 3: 153–74.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Summary
Thanks JC-B for volume of Asylum reports and paper on epilepsy. Seems clear from reports that physiology of brain will soon be largely understood.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9045
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Crichton-Browne
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 345
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9045,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9045.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21