To Jabez Hogg 14 January 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 14/80
My dear Sir,
I am glad that you are calling attention to the arsenic question.1 I cannot answer your question positively, but have hardly any doubt that it was my grandfather Erasmus, as my father never published on medical subjects.2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bartrip, P. W. J. 1994. How green was my valance?: environmental arsenic poisoning and the Victorian domestic ideal. English Historical Review 111: 891–913.
Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson.
Hogg, Jabez. 1879. Arsenic and arsenical domestic poisoning. London: McGowan’s Steam Printing Company.
Summary
CD’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, must have published on arsenic, as his father never published on medical subjects.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12423F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jabez Hogg
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Maggs Brothers (dealers) (catalogue 1453, 2011)
- Physical description
- LS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12423F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12423F.xml
