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Erasmus Darwin (1731 1802) is remembered not only as the
grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own
right. A friend and correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph
Priestley and Matthew Boulton, he practised medicine in Lichfield,
but also wrote prolifically on scientific subjects. He organised
the translation of Linnaeus from Latin into English prose, coining
many plant names in the process, and also wrote a version in verse,
The Loves of Plants. The aim of his Zoonomia, published in two
volumes (1794 6), is to 'reduce the facts belonging to animal life
into classes, orders, genera, and species; and by comparing them
with each other, to unravel the theory of diseases'. The first
volume describes human physiology, especially importance of motion,
both voluntary and involuntary; the second is a detailed
description of the symptoms of, and the cures for, diseases,
categorised according to his physiological classes.
Erasmus Darwin (1731 1802) is remembered not only as the
grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own
right. A friend and correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph
Priestley and Matthew Boulton, he practised medicine in Lichfield,
but also wrote prolifically on scientific subjects. He organised
the translation of Linnaeus from Latin into English prose, coining
many plant names in the process, and also wrote a version in verse,
The Loves of Plants. The aim of his Zoonomia, published in two
volumes (1794 6), is to 'reduce the facts belonging to animal life
into classes, orders, genera, and species; and by comparing them
with each other, to unravel the theory of diseases'. The first
volume describes human physiology, especially importance of motion,
both voluntary and involuntary; the second is a detailed
description of the symptoms of, and the cures for, diseases,
categorised according to his physiological classes.
Erasmus Darwin has often been cited as the most widely talented man
of the past 250 years. He excelled in medicine and poetry, was an
inventor and wide ranging man of science, and founded several
societies. This 2006 collection of 460 of his letters provides an
insight into the life of this amazing man. Darwin was famous
throughout Britain as a physician; his medical letters to patients
and private letters to his physician son Robert are a rich source
for historians of medicine. His lively letters to the 'Lunar Men',
Boulton, Watt, Keir and Wedgwood, provide insight into the
Industrial Revolution in England. In the 1790s Darwin propounded
the idea of biological evolution, although it was his grandson
Charles who persuaded people to take it seriously. This unique
collection reveals the variety of Erasmus Darwin's talents, and his
wide range of important friendships.
Erasmus Darwin has often been cited as the most widely talented man
of the past 250 years. He excelled in medicine and poetry; was an
inventor and wide ranging man of science, and founded several
societies. This collection of 460 of his letters, of which over
half have never been published, provides an insight into the life
of this amazing man. Darwin was famous throughout Britain as a
physician; his medical letters to patients and private letters to
his physician son Robert are a rich source for historians of
medicine. His lively letters to the 'Lunar Men', Boulton, Watt,
Keir and Wedgwood, provide insight into the Industrial Revolution
in England. In the 1790s Darwin propounded the idea of biological
evolution, although it was his grandson Charles who persuaded
people to take it seriously. This unique collection reveals the
variety of Erasmus Darwin's talents, and his wide range of
important friendships.
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