To ? 5 December 1872
Down,| Beckenham, Kent.
Dec 5. ’72
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for Your note & reference, but hardly know what to think of this statement about the Watering mouth.1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
In Expression, pp. 75, 341, 344, CD had referred to increased salivation in the case of a hungry man faced with tempting food, and by the thought and taste of sour fruit.
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Obliged for the note of reference, but does not know what to think of the statement about the watering mouth.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8660F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Joseph R. Sakmyster, ADS Autographs (dealer) (no date)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8660F,” accessed on 9 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8660F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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