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To W. E. Darwin   [15 March 1868]

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Asks WED to observe blushing in the blind, and yawning.

Mentions elephants’ crying while trumpeting.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [15 Mar 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 127
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6067

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  • letter and the letter to W.  E.  Darwin, 21 March [1868] and by the dates of CD’s stay at 4 Chester Place, London (see n.  5, below). In 1868, the Sunday preceding 21 March was 15 March. Worcester College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen ( Post Office directory of Birmingham 1868). William Bowman . …

To W. E. Darwin   8 April [1868]

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Thanks Charles Langstaff for his observations relating to expression. Has requested observations on the platysma. Discusses the actions of other facial muscles, especially during crying. [Encloses 5828.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  8 Apr [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 124, 128
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6103

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  • letter from St G.  J.  Mivart, 6 April 1868 and n.  2). For James Paget’s initial response to CD’s enquiry, see Correspondence vol.  15, letter from James Paget, 9 July 1867 . See letter from William Bowman, …
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