From Francis Darwin [before 30 June 1872]1
New University Club, | St. James’s Street. S.W.
Dear Father
I couldn’t catch Garrod2 last night. He cannot give a definite answer without thinking over it. He thinks that in the quick beating of the heart in fear, it is not doing any more work— He cannot say even that it is actually working harder in hard exercise— Its seems to be rather complicated & not to easy to say what working harder means— He thinks that running & feeling the pulse wouldn’t prove anything.—3
Yrs F D
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Garrod, Alfred Henry. 1872. On the law which regulates the frequency of the pulse. London: H. K. Lewis.
Summary
Quickening of heart-beat in fear. A. H. Garrod does not think that this means that the heart is working harder.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8364
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- New University Club
- Source of text
- DAR 162: 52
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8364,” accessed on 25 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8364.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20