Description | Dossier 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. |