To William Ogle 13 April [1871]
Summary
Reports further observations on contraction of platysma. Has been assisted by J. Wood. [See Expression, pp. 302, 303.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 13 Apr [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 11 (EH 88205909) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7679 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.5: 11 (EH 88205909) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Apr [1871] William Ogle …
- … To William Ogle 13 April [1871] …
- … Ogle, [10–17 November 1870] , and this volume, letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] . …
- … 1871 . For CD’s correspondence with Ogle about the platysma myoides, see Correspondence vol. 18, letters to William …
To William Ogle 18 March [1871]
Summary
Agrees that in a deaf person the jaw may fall because of concentrated attention.
In surprise, mouth is opened suddenly and chest filled with air. This expression occurs in all parts of the world. Odd that so simple a movement is so perplexing to understand.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 18 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 8 (EH 88205906) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7596 |
To William Ogle 29 April [1871]
Summary
Discusses action of the platysma in a state of fear.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 29 Apr [1871] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.394) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7726 |
To William Ogle 28 [March 1871]
Summary
Thanks WO for his reply to letter of 26 March. Has tried several people and platysma seemed to act, but it is difficult to observe when they shudder.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 28 [Mar 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 10 (EH 88205908) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7631 |
To William Ogle 25 March [1871]
Summary
Asks WO to act out the sudden discovery of a dreadful object and to observe whether his platysma contracts. CD has found in his notes that it is never contracted in cases of severe dyspnoea [Expression, p. 301].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 25 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 9 (EH 88205907) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7622 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.5: 9 (EH 88205907) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Mar [1871] William Ogle …
- … To William Ogle 25 March [1871] …
- … letter and the letter to William Ogle, 28 [March 1871] . CD had discussed the contraction …
- … James Paget . See letter to William Ogle, 7 March [1871] and n. 3. Charles Langstaff had …
To William Ogle 12 March [1871]
Summary
Thanks WO for his replies [to 7551]. Discusses the open mouth in surprise; asks WO to investigate its function in hearing and breathing.
Asks why deaf persons generally keep mouths open.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 12 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 7 (EH 88205905) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7575 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 261.5: 7 (EH 88205905) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Mar [1871] William Ogle …
- … To William Ogle 12 March [1871] …
- … 8 March (see letter to John Tyndall, 8 March [1871] ). See letter to William Ogle, 7 …
- … March [1871] and n. 3. See letter to William Ogle, 7 March [1871] and n. 5. The …
- … 1871] and n. 4. CD alludes to Ogle’s work on the fertilisation mechanism in Salvia . CD had at first discouraged Ogle from publishing his observations because the genus had already been described by Friedrich Hildebrand ( Hildebrand 1866 ), but later told Ogle that his paper ( Ogle 1869 ) contained much new material (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter to William …
To William Ogle 21 December [1871]
Summary
Thanks WO for a paper and for information about platysma. Has asked several persons to observe the muscle during a shivering fit, but all have failed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 21 Dec [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 12 (EH 88205910) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8115 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To William Ogle 21 December [1871] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 21 Dec [1871] William Ogle …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Ogle, William. 1871. On dextral pre-eminence. [Read 27 …
- … Ogle 1871 ). CD’s annotated offprint of the paper is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See letter to William …
- … 1871 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD had discussed the contraction of the platysma with Ogle in earlier correspondence and in person (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to William …
To William Ogle 25 December 1871
Summary
Sends notes on left- and right-handedness from observations made on his eldest son as an infant.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 25 Dec 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 13 (EH 88205911) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8120 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.5: 13 (EH 88205911) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Dec 1871 William Ogle …
- … To William Ogle 25 December 1871 …
- … blood. See also letter to William Ogle, 21 December [1871] . The memorandum has not been …
- … Museum (Natural History). 1987. Ogle, William. 1871. On dextral pre-eminence. [Read 27 …
To William Ogle 7 March [1871]
Summary
Will write again to Tyndall about odours.
Asks for the circumstances under which WO saw a man arrested for murder; quotes from notes he made from WO’s conversation [Expression, p. 294].
Also would like to quote WO on the expression of resignation by persons about to undergo serious operations [Expression, p. 271].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 7 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 6 (EH 88205904) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7551 |
From William Ogle 25 February [1871]
Summary
Thanks for Descent.
He believes he has observed a predominance of the right side over the left in monkeys and man. If so, this is another support of their relatedness.
Author: | William Ogle |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Feb [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 173: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7514 |
From John Tyndall 1 March [1871]
Summary
JT suggests that Ogle call upon him so that they can arrange experiments suitable for his purpose.
Author: | John Tyndall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 106: C7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7527 |
To Hubert Airy 10 [December] 1871
Summary
Discusses movement of ears and contraction of the platysma.
Discusses phyllotaxy, citing work of Carl Nägeli and Chauncey Wright.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
Date: | 10 [Dec] 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8060 |
Ogle, William. 1871. On dextral pre-eminence. [Read 27 June 1871.] Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London 54: 279–301.
To Hubert Airy 5 April [1871]
Summary
Discusses loss of voluntary movement of ears in man and monkey.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
Date: | 5 Apr [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7659 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to Francis Darwin, 25 March [1871] , and letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] ). George …
- … see letter to P. B. Mason, 24 March [1871] and n. 2. See letter to William Ogle, 25 …
- … 1871] . CD refers to James Crichton-Browne , Francis Darwin , George Green Gascoyen , Charles Langstaff , St George Jackson Mivart , Patrick Nicol , William Ogle , …
- … 1871 . See letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 and n. 3. See letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 and n. 1. CD may refer to William Ogle , …
To William Ogle 17 December [1870]
Summary
Thanks WO for valuable letter. Feels he need not trouble any more about platysma. If WO ever sees someone suffering great fear, CD asks him to observe the neck.
Hopes to visit WO when next in London.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 17 Dec [1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 5 (EH 88205903) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7394 |
To James Crichton-Browne 2 November [1871]
Summary
Asks JC-B to observe whether platysma muscle contracts during rigor or shivering fit.
Is just recommencing his essay on expression.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
Date: | 2 Nov [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 340 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8047 |
From Charles Langstaff 3 May 1871
Summary
Contraction of platysma occurs during surgery under chloroform from touch of knife, independently of fear.
Author: | Charles Langstaff |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 195.2 (letters): 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7737 |
To John Tyndall 8 March [1871]
Summary
Thanks JT for his kindness to Ogle.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | 8 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 11 (EH 88205949) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7554 |
From John Tyndall 8 March [1871]
Summary
Has seen Ogle. His subject [olfactory nerve tissue and absorption of odours] has often occupied JT’s attention.
Author: | John Tyndall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 106: C8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7556 |
To William Turner 28 March [1871]
Summary
Discusses errors in Descent. Not surprised that WT is not committed to full acceptance of evolution of man.
At work on Expression. Asks about muscles that raise spines of hedgehog and tail coverts of peacock. Asks about influence of mind on capillaries with regard to blushing. Mentions views of James Paget on influence of the mind on nutrition of body parts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner |
Date: | 28 Mar [1871] |
Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Dc.2.96/5/4a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7632 |
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Tyndall, John | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
François de Chaumont, F. S. B. | (1) |
Langstaff, Charles | (1) |
Ogle, William | (11) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Tyndall, John | (4) |
Airy, Hubert | (2) |
Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (26) |
Ogle, William | (12) |
Tyndall, John | (6) |
Airy, Hubert | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |