To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 5 May [1874]
Summary
Thanks for the acid digestion experiments, which can be printed as they are. CD trying Drosera on dentine and enamel.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 May [1874] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9441 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 May [1874]
Summary
Reports results of experiments comparing digestibility of gluten and fibrin for CD’s work on Drosera.
Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 51–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9456 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 14 May 1874
Summary
Discusses digestion by insectivorous plants, asks JSBS to try same experiments using pepsin as the digestive agent to see how the results compare with CD’s observations on digestive power of Drosera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 14 May 1874 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-17) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9459 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 26 May [1874]
Summary
Sends CD provisional information that artificial gastric juice dissolves bone entirely and that gluten and fibrin are completely dissolved in hydrochloric, propionic, and butyric acids. [See Insectivorous plants, pp. 118–19.]
Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 May [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 54–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9470 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 27 May [1874]
Summary
Thanks JSBS for his work. CD concludes the ferment of Drosera must differ from pepsin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 27 May [1874] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9473 |
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