K. Pearson to E. Nettleship, 27th Sept. 1910.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Karl PearsonSent To (Definite): Edward NettleshipDate: 27 Sep 1910
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Sent fromKarl Pearson
27 Sep 1910
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‘My dear Nettleship,
I got back yesterday and was down at College today. I sent off 10 negatives of the dogs we have had to be printed & you shall see results. I think some of them will be quite good.
I have great news for you. You will remember that we have never yet found pigment in the hairs of these dogs – not even in hairs from the spectacle marks – except possibly in Patty’s tail a very few granules – and that when we sought for them 6 months after from a fresh sample none were discernable. Well to-day your Fo was examined. The hair has granular pigmentation, small in quantity, but certainly there. Next Yang ren’s tail was examined, there were certainly some few granules. I hope to get T[?]in lo’s tail seen tomorrow. Of course the next thing is to see if this granular pigmentation lasts. Curiously enough both hairs looked absolutely white after long soaking in alcohol. We tried Usher’s sections of hair of just born albino puppy but we could not convince ourselves that the things seen were really granules. They appear to be where the cortex[?] should be & this does not yet seem to be formed, & the hair appears abnormal. I have asked Mr O’Dono[hough?] to give me an independent opinion, & may go further.
Now as to Wang. He is a ‘coloured’ dog is he not? Is eczema transferable from dog to dog or dog to man? May I have a day or two before sending him on to Usher? – The date mentioned by Miss Johnson is Oct. 26th so there appears to be time.
I like the photograph & I think it could well be reproduced by toning down background. The attitude is very characteristic. I should like to keep for reproduction.
I must not write more now as I am overwhelmed with letters “awaiting arrival.” Lady Gordon Lennox has written again & seems to believe that nobody, but the empress of China ever had a white but dark eyed & muzzled dog. If this be true your solution of mating two such dogs fails. I still think the right thing would be dog x albino with no granular pigment in coat (but different colour) & dark eyes.
Yours very sincerely,
K.P.’
[enclosed with above: ‘Hair report’ (K.P) detailing results of microscopic investigations of dog hairs]
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Sent toEdward Nettleship
27 Sep 1910
Description:
‘My dear Nettleship,
I got back yesterday and was down at College today. I sent off 10 negatives of the dogs we have had to be printed & you shall see results. I think some of them will be quite good.
I have great news for you. You will remember that we have never yet found pigment in the hairs of these dogs – not even in hairs from the spectacle marks – except possibly in Patty’s tail a very few granules – and that when we sought for them 6 months after from a fresh sample none were discernable. Well to-day your Fo was examined. The hair has granular pigmentation, small in quantity, but certainly there. Next Yang ren’s tail was examined, there were certainly some few granules. I hope to get T[?]in lo’s tail seen tomorrow. Of course the next thing is to see if this granular pigmentation lasts. Curiously enough both hairs looked absolutely white after long soaking in alcohol. We tried Usher’s sections of hair of just born albino puppy but we could not convince ourselves that the things seen were really granules. They appear to be where the cortex[?] should be & this does not yet seem to be formed, & the hair appears abnormal. I have asked Mr O’Dono[hough?] to give me an independent opinion, & may go further.
Now as to Wang. He is a ‘coloured’ dog is he not? Is eczema transferable from dog to dog or dog to man? May I have a day or two before sending him on to Usher? – The date mentioned by Miss Johnson is Oct. 26th so there appears to be time.
I like the photograph & I think it could well be reproduced by toning down background. The attitude is very characteristic. I should like to keep for reproduction.
I must not write more now as I am overwhelmed with letters “awaiting arrival.” Lady Gordon Lennox has written again & seems to believe that nobody, but the empress of China ever had a white but dark eyed & muzzled dog. If this be true your solution of mating two such dogs fails. I still think the right thing would be dog x albino with no granular pigment in coat (but different colour) & dark eyes.
Yours very sincerely,
K.P.’
[enclosed with above: ‘Hair report’ (K.P) detailing results of microscopic investigations of dog hairs]
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