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James Crichton-Browne

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James Crichton-Browne became one of the most distinguished psychiatrists of the late nineteenth-century, but the letters he exchanged with Charles Darwin as the young and overworked superintendent of the largest mental asylum in England, are almost the…

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  • … James Crichton-Browne became one of the most distinguished psychiatrists of the late nineteenth …
  • … researched human emotional expression, and reveal the lives of Crichton-Browne's patients - …
  • … Darwin had recently resumed work on what became Descent of Man and selection in relation to sex …
  • … and writing Expression; he sent lists and lists of questions and received immensely detailed …
  • … getting information on subjects such as the bristling of the hair, baring of teeth, and blushing, in …
  • … animals.   In 1873 Crichton-Browne initiated a short exchange seeking Darwin’s support …
  • … health of offspring.  This cycle reveals Darwin’s role as a patron, an aspect of his contribution to …