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 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 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 |
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 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 |
From W. E. Darwin 3 April 1868
Summary
Discusses how they might enquire about any provisions in the laws of partnership concerning lunacy.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6089F |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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| Darwin, W. E. | (10) |
