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No 89/9524, unit 111, VPRS 425, inward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2876, Department of Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria. 89.10.15a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Watson, 1889-10-15 [89.10.15a]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1889/89-10-15a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

15/10/89
In reply to your letter of yesterday, dear Mr Watson,
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See R. Watson to M, 14 October 1889.
I must inform you, that it was Dr. Mueller of Yakandandah,
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Vic.
who urged the strychnia treatment in snakebite-cases, altho' some experiments in this direction had been made before in India. At the Medical Congress here in Jan. last I supported his views, also in direct communications with him.
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Letters not found. M's comments on this subject at the Intercolonial Medical Congress in January 1889 were not included in the published version of his address (B89.13.16), but a brief supporting statement is included in the report of his address in the Leader (Melbourne), 19 January 1889, p. 5; see also M to E. Regel, 29 May 1889. Augustus Mueller’s use of strychnine was controversial, especially in the medical press; see Campbell (1968).
He has rendered purchasable a small injection-apparatus; but it would be best for you to write direct to him at Yakandandah about your requirements.
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M's letter is attached to a letter from A. Mueller, Yakandandah, to R. Watson, 19 October 1889.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.