To William Ogle 29 April [1871]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
April 29th
My dear Dr Ogle
I am truly obliged for all the great trouble which you have so kindly taken.— I am sure you have no cause to say that you are sorry you can give no more definite information; for you have given me far more than I ever expected to get. The action of the Platysma is not very important for me, but I believe that you will fully understand (for I have always fancied that our minds were very similar) the intolerable desire I had not to be utterly baffled. Now I know that it sometimes contracts from fear, & from shuddering, but not apparently from a prolonged state of fear such as the insane suffer.1
With very many thanks, | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Discusses action of the platysma in a state of fear.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7726
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Ogle
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- AP 30 71
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.394)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7726,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7726.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19