From J. V. Carus 29 January 1873
Leipzig
Jan 29. 1873.
My dear Sir,
Again I trouble you A new edition of the Expression of the Emotions is to be done1 So I beg to ask you, if you have anything to add or to alter or if you have in any way a particular wish.
There is a litterary notice, which I thought you might like to get. You mention that “Gratiolet remarks, whenever our attention is long concentrated on any subject we forget to breathe” (Expression, p 179).2 May I draw your attention (without interrupting your breathing) to an article of Nasse in Meckel’s Deutsches Archiv für Physiologie, Bd. 2. 1816. p. 1. “on the want of respiration during mental occupations”, which contains some observations of great interest, stating the same as Gratiolet.3
Hoping that your health may be pretty good I remain | Ever yours sincerely | J. Victor Carus
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression 2d ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1890.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Gratiolet, Pierre. [1865.] De la physionomie et des mouvements d’expression. Paris: J. Hetzel.
Nasse, Christian Friedrich. 1816. Vom Athmungsbedürfniss des Körpers zum Behuf der Geistesthätigkeit. Deutsches Archiv für die Physiologie 2: 1–25.
Summary
A new [German] edition of Expression is to be done. Has CD anything to add or alter?
JVC cites an article on cessation of breathing during mental concentration that supports Gratiolet as quoted in Expression, p. 179.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8751
- From
- Julius Victor Carus
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Leipzig
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 91
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8751,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8751.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
