Erasmus Darwin / by Ernst Krause ; translated from the German by W.S. Dallas ; with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.

  • Krause Ernst, 1839-1903.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Erasmus Darwin / by Ernst Krause ; translated from the German by W.S. Dallas ; with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    “ mechanical and chemical properties. It is “ true that about the same time, Dr. Cullen “ and other physicians began to throw off the “ Boerhaavian yoke; but from the minute “ observation which Dr. Darwin has given “ of the laws of association, habits and pke- “ nomena of animal life, it is manifest that his “ system is the result of the operation of his “ own mind.” The only other record of his life in Edin- burgh which I possess is a letter to his friend Dr. Okes, of Exeter,* written shortly after the death of his father (1754), when he was twenty-three years old. It shows his sceptical frame of mind whilst he was quite a young man. Erasmus Darwin- to Dr. Ores. “Yesterday’s post brought me the disagreeable news of my father’s departure out of this sinful world. “He was a man of more sense than learning; of very great industry in the law, even after he had no business, nor expectation of any. He was frugal, but not covetous; very tender to his children, but * Published by one of bis descendants in the ‘ Gentleman’s Magazine,’ Oct. ]808, vol. lxxviii. pt. ii. p. 8G9.