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From William Bowman 5 August 1867
Summary
Supposes that infants’ eyes bulge and become engorged with blood during fits of sneezing or screaming, but doubts Charles Bell’s experiment of opening and observing eyes turn from pale to red [Anatomy and philosophy of expression (1844)].
Discusses the action of the eye when looking at distant objects.
| Author: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 267 (fragile) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5596 |
