From Charles Langstaff [after 22? April 1868]
Summary
Describes the appearance of the nose in crying.
| Author: | Charles Langstaff |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22? Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7413 |
From W. E. Darwin [7 April 1868]
Summary
Describes the action of facial muscles at the onset of crying as observed by Langstaff.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6100 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, [15 April 1868] . See letter to W. E. Darwin, 8 April [1868] . …
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 8 April [1868] . In 1868, the …
- … to Charles Langstaff . See letter from W. E. Darwin, 5 March [1868] and n. 4. Sanford, …
- … E Darwin 1.1 We … difficulty 1.3] crossed blue crayon 2.1 adults] ‘women’ interl after pencil 2.3 as … reach] del pencil ; ‘both from fear & loss of child’ added above pencil 2.3 pitch … visible, 2.4] del pencil ; ‘See 2 d letter …
- … Darwin’s hypotheses’, appeared in instalments between April and November in the Fortnightly Review ( Lewes 1868b ). Lewes had written a review of Variation in the Pall Mall Gazette ([Lewes] 1868a). See letter from W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin 8 April [1868]
Summary
Thanks Charles Langstaff for his observations relating to expression. Has requested observations on the platysma. Discusses the actions of other facial muscles, especially during crying. [Encloses 5828.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 124, 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6103 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 7 April 1868] and n. 2. See letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] and n. 5. [A. …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 5 March [1868] . CD refers to …
- … CD also refers to Charles Bell . See letter to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and n. …
- … 6. See letter to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and n. 7. CD did not discuss suppressed …
- … E. Darwin, 5 March [1868] and n. 4, and [7 April 1868] . CD discussed the obliqueness of the eyebrows and the transverse wrinkles across the forehead during the expression of grief in Expression , pp. 179–93. CD’s query to London surgeons appeared in the 4 April 1868 issue of the British Medical Journal 1 (1868): 332 (see letter …
From W. E. Darwin [15 April 1868]
Summary
Gives details of the subjects on whom Langstaff made his observations on crying. Langstaff has not seen the platysma contract under chloroform.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6122 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, [7 April 1868] . See letter from W. E. Darwin, [7–15 April 1868] . There is a …
- … relationship between this letter, the letter to W. E. Darwin, 8 April [1868] , and the …
- … Langstaff . See letter to W. E. Darwin, 8 April [1868] . See letter from W. E. …
- … E. Darwin 1.1 I saw … death. 2.3] crossed pencil 2.1 both] ‘both’ added pencil 2.3 he] after opening square bracket, pencil , ‘h’ altered to ‘H’ pencil 3.1 L says … so. 4.1] crossed pencil Top of letter: ‘(& …
From W. E. Darwin [22? April 1868]
Summary
Charles Langstaff on action of muscles in crying. He believes the primary object of the contraction of the orbicularis is to protect the eye from blood.
Blushing on the body.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22? Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 83, 80, 80/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6137 |
From W. E. Darwin [5 and 8? April 1868]
Summary
Langstaff has seen no trace of blushing on the body.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 and 8 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 81; Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6149 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … between this letter, the letter from W. E. Darwin, 3 April 1868 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … see Correspondence vol. 16, letter from W. E. Darwin, [after 25 March 1868] and n. 6). CD …
- … example, Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] ). William was …
- … E Darwin I have ordered the clips to be sent you. Wednesday I have had to keep back this letter …
- … E. Darwin, [22? April 1868] ( ibid. ), and also by references throughout William’s letters …
From W. E. Darwin 5 March [1868]
Summary
Crying in babies.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5981 |
To W. E. Darwin 21 March [1868]
Summary
Suggests possible arbitrators to act in a business transaction involving WED.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 125 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6037 |
From W. E. Darwin [13 April 1868]
Summary
Action of facial muscles at onset of crying.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5965 |
From W. E. Darwin [after 25 March 1868]
Summary
Blushing in boys blind from birth. Has got information from R. H. Blair, the principal of a college for the blind.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 25 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6069 |
From E. A. Darwin [before 11 October 1868]
Summary
C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5746 |
From W. E. Darwin 3 March [1868]
Summary
Asks CD to collect from the Jermyn Street Museum a box containing a skull and bones which belong to Mr Cumberbatch.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 35) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5970F |
From E. A. Darwin [11 October 1868]
Summary
J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".
Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B62–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6219 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 [March 1868]
Summary
Asks WED to observe a suppressed yawn.
Asks whether scratching a tickling point makes tears come to his eyes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 [Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8396 |
From W. E. Darwin [7–15 April 1868]
Summary
Langstaff has never seen the platysma act, and he believes it to be rudimentary in humans.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7–15 Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 80/4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6076 |
To W. E. Darwin [15 March 1868]
Summary
Asks WED to observe blushing in the blind, and yawning.
Mentions elephants’ crying while trumpeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6067 |
From Adam Sedgwick 11 October 1868
Summary
Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.
Describes his ill health.
Invites CD to visit Cambridge.
[Letter dated November in error.]
| Author: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 129 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6416 |
To G. H. Darwin [24 March 1868]
Summary
CD relays the advice of Sir W. R. Grove on the dismal prospects of a law career.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6044 |
From Samuel Owen Glenie to G. H. K. Thwaites [before 31 October 1868]
Summary
Relates some observations on the expression of elephants; they do not cry unless the eye is hurt or struck. "Perhaps Mr Darwin will like to know the above."
| Author: | Samuel Owen Glenie |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | [before 31 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6440 |
From John Price 28 October 1868
Summary
Congratulates CD on success at Cambridge [of George Darwin].
Would like CD to study the anomalous Cardamine pratensis.
| Author: | John Price |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6434 |
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| Weir, J. J. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (6) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (2) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Elizabeth | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (44) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (16) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
| Langton, Edmund | (2) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (2) |
