From J. D. Hooker 11 April 1873
Kew
April 11/73
Dear Darwin
G. Henslow has become so rapidly worse, that we have given up all intentions of going abroad—1 He has become very suddenly blind of one eye, & they seem to think that the disease is a fatty degeneration of the nervous tissues, causing paralysis. His mind is perfectly clear. Paget2 has seen him & considers the case hopeless & that under the present symptoms it may rapidly terminate.
I enclose Pagets answers which destroy. I have not heard from Bowman.3
Ever yours affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Summary
George Henslow is worse. All plans to go abroad have been given up. James Paget’s diagnoses enclosed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8857
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 151–2
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8857,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8857.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21