RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Under digestion do not give case of 2 gizzards & moniliform gizzard [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR65.120. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. RN1

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Under digestion do not give case of 2 gizzards & moniliform gizzard or any particular about living instances or transverse view

(I have not done so)

120v

& even Hy. N. & S. acid, diluted according to the Pharmacopœia, produced much less a effect than did the acids generated in the alimentary canals of the worms.

[Draft of Earthworms, p. 241.]


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