To W. D. Fox [17 January 1850]
Summary
Account of the birth of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma.
Continues the water-cure.
Has begun work on fossil cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [17 Jan 1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 75) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1292 |
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- … Leonard Darwin , 15 January 1850. Charles Henry Lardner Woodd of Oughtershaw Hall, Yorkshire, was the brother of Ellen Sophia Woodd , who had become Fox’s second wife in 1846. Woodd had been elected a fellow of the Geological Society in 1846. There are earlier references to the use of chloroform ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 , and letter to Francis …
