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Reference Number DE BEER/2/2/24/3
TitleDossier Prepared by De Beer for Peter Medawar
Date29 Feb 1964
DescriptionDossier of letters and press cuttings regarding the debate around Charles Darwin's health, and the theory that he contracted Chagas Disease whilst journeying with the Beagle. Consisting of:
Typescript contents list.
Galley proof of Adler's paper "Darwin's Illness", Nature, Vol. 184, (10 Oct 1959), pp. 1102-1103.
Copies of De Beer's letters to Adler, Sir Charles Galton Darwin, Professor Carrol L Birch, Sir Francis Walshe, Sir Robert Platt, and Saul Adler, 1960-1964.
Letters to De Beer from Adler, Sir Francis Walshe, Sir Robert Platt, H Kettlewell, P Garnham, and the editor of The Times, 1960-1964.
Extracts of correspondence between Sir Robert Platt and Sir Henry Dale, 1959-1961.
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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