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Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … Henry Huxley ten days later, urging him to work with other physiologists to present their own …
- … observation. But he had drawn extensively on the work of physiologists in his study of emotional …
- … had drawn him into close contact with England’s leading physiologists, John Scott Burdon Sanderson, …
- … Darwin’s indebtedness and allegiance to physiologists was matched, however, by his deep affection …
- … was circulated to landowners with the premise that ‘an English gentleman would not himself give a …
- … laboratories: ‘If it is held that it is degrading to our physiologists to make, and to our medical …
- … to the RSPCA. The main difference between this bill and the physiologists’ bill was the provision …
- … left many parties unsatisfied and controversy continued. Physiologists and a portion of the medical …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … ‘I am slaving away solely at making detestably bad English a very little less bad.’ The …
- … memorial inflammatory and unfair in its criticism of physiologists. Instead of supporting her, he …
- … on vivisection is evident in the many letters exchanged with physiologists, medical men, and legal …
- … Huxley served on the commission, which heard testimony from physiologists, medical educators, and …
- … This work had led to collaborations with a number of leading physiologists. Indeed, some of the …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … Appleton & Co. had Origin in type—taken from the first English edition— and were preparing …
- … copyright and the possibility of reprinting the second English edition, transmitting their response …
- … whale–bear case, which had been removed from the second English edition, yet it incorporated many of …
- … of the Origin in some respects even ahead of the current English edition.’ (Dupree 1959, p. 271) …
- … when D. Appleton prepared a new edition taken from the sixth English edition of 1872 (Freeman 1977, …
- … selection will clearly lead towards highness; for all physiologists admit that the specialisation of …
- … to their taking the place of and thus exterminating fishes. Physiologists believe that the brain …
- … edition of Origin does not correspond to that of the English edition. See the first edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … four geologists, four zoologists or palaeontologists, two physiologists, and five botanists ( see …
- … Certainly Darwin was disappointed by the small number of physiologists who initially supported his …
- … The major stumbling block for most anatomists and physiologists was the difficulty of conceiving of …
- … of embryos of the same class. But it was precisely the physiologists, steeped in a heavily …
- … of his various arguments, as well as including in the third English edition the historical preface …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … and astonishment, drawing on the expertise of physicians and physiologists, as well as zoo-keepers, …
- … fleeting desires and passions. He had used the example of an English pointer, who ‘if able to …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … elephants, and pouting chimpanzees flooded in from leading physiologists, zookeepers, and his …
- … other which has been taken of me’ (Down House collection, English Heritage 88204438). They were …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … to Krause : ‘The subject is of no importance, but what we English call a hobby-horse of mine’. …
- … of ‘the abuse poured in so atrocious a manner on all physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 …
- … stated that Darwin must not have read the evidence given by physiologists to the 1875 Royal …
- … published on 23 April, was answered by Romanes in defence of physiologists. When thanking Romanes …
- … Rudolf Virchow and Frans Donders, ‘who both spoke bad English incessantly’, completed his ‘killing’; …
- … French and German editions were underway, and errors in the English text spotted by the translators …
- … were, but with respect to the latter word, added, ‘two English Ladies complained that they did not …
- … on 1 October from the Austrian botanist Julius Wiesner, the English translation of its title being …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … and around the country, and by London chemists and animal physiologists. Physiological botany …
- … ‘animal’-like properties in plants led him to work with physiologists at the Brown Animal Sanatory …
- … purchased from France on the recommendation of Hooker and physiologists at the Brown Institution …
- … published as soon as possible after the publication of the English editions. Darwin’s French …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … editions made Darwin less anxious about correcting the English ones. ‘You are the most wonderful man …
- … summing up of the situation: ‘It seems to me that physiologists are now in the position of a …
- … 27 [September 1876] ). Haeckel’s bellowing out his ‘bad English’, however, was as nothing compared …
- … the press & licking my horrid bad style into intelligible English’, he told Asa Gray on 28 …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … called heliotropism or geotropism, respectively, by German physiologists. He told his American …
- … ). Thiselton-Dyer, who had assisted in the English translation of Sachs’s Text-book of botany , …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … phenomena of general paralysis, in conjunction with leading physiologists such as David Ferrier and …
- … instinct in three generations of dogs, originating with an English mastiff named Kepler who was …
- … by his cousin Francis Galton to participate in a study of English men of science. Galton’s most …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … As soon as they go beyond the literal statements even of the English text, and enter into the …
- … versa .’ Physicists incline more readily to this than physiologists; and if what is called vital …
