From J. S. Burdon Sanderson [12 April 1875]1
Dear Mr Darwin,
I have just read your letter.2
As Mr Huxley is coming to you this morning, it would I think be useful to ask his opinion as to the persons who ought to have the right of certifying the fitness of applicants for Licence.3
I think that all persons who occupy the position of Public Teachers in Institutions recognized by Act of Parliament should have the right to apply to the Lord President for Licence without obtaining Certificate as their fitness.4
Imagine for a moment Dr Sharpey applying for a certificate to the President of the College of Surgeons.5
Very truly yours | J B Sanderson
Footnotes
Summary
Considers the question of recognised lecturers being allowed a licence to perform animal experiments without having to obtain a certificate of fitness.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9909A
- From
- John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-27)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9909A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9909A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23