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Darwin Correspondence Project

To G. H. Darwin   9 May [1878]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham

I think the account wd. be worth sending to Nature.— But as far as I can remember few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguinity.1

I was particularly glad to hear about R.S. election.2

C. D.

May. 9th— Bassett

Footnotes

See letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 9 May 1878] and n. 5. George had reported on the discussions by the Council of the Royal Society of London about the election of new fellows.

Summary

CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11500
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
George Howard Darwin
Sent from
Bassett
Postmark
MY 9 78
Source of text
DAR 210.1: 68
Physical description
ApcS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11500,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11500.xml

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