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To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 9 October 1874
Summary
Has been testing the digestive powers of Drosera; wants to know whether a group of substances that elicit similar responses are related.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-19) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9669 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 October 1874
Summary
Suggests an explanation for difference in excitability of Drosera leaves to meat and albumen on the one hand and, on the other, fibrin, areolar tissue, gelatin, and fibrous basis of bone.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 101–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9676 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 October 1874
Summary
Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9678 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 16 October [1874]
Summary
Responds to CD’s questions about relation to gelatin of areolar tissue, fibrous basis of bone, and other substances CD is using in his work on digestion of Drosera.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 104–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9681 |
Author
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. |
