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To William Bowman   [before 26] January [1871]

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Sends enclosure copied from letter of F. C. Donders [7207?] dealing with orbicular muscle. Asks about secretion of tears resulting from spasmodic action of orbicular muscle.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:  [before 26] Jan [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7452

From William Bowman   26 January 1871

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Reports his observations on the concurrence of orbicular muscle spasms, engorgement of eyes with blood, and formation of tears.

Author:  William Bowman, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Jan 1871
Classmark:  DAR 160: 269
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7456
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