From James Crichton-Browne 18 August 1871
West Riding Asylum, | Wakefield.
18th. August. 1871.
My dear Sir,
May I beg your acceptance of the accompanying volume of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Medical Reports.1 The work is strictly Medical in character and will not I fear interest you much. At page 93 et seq. however you will find a few independent observations bearing upon the subject of blushing.2
I have a little more leisure now and shall send you some more material upon this topic very shortly.3
With great respect | I am, | Yours most faithfully | J. Crichton Browne
Charles Darwin Esq | &c &c
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Sends CD a volume of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Medical Reports [1 (1871)], which contains some observations on blushing.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7910
- From
- James Crichton-Browne
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- West Riding Asylum, Wakefield
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 317
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7910,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7910.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19