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From R. H. Blair 16 March 1871
Summary
Will be pleased to collect information on the blind for CD when time allows. Generally very few (about one quarter) of blind people entering institutions are born blind.
| Author: | Robert Hugh Blair |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7590 |
From R. H. Blair 11 July 1871
Summary
Reports observations on expression in the blind; facial contortions and blushing.
| Author: | Robert Hugh Blair |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7857 |
From R. H. Blair 9 November 1872
Summary
Thanks for copy [of Expression].
Has now read Charles Bell’s book [Anatomy and philosophy of expression, 3d ed. (1844)].
Reports instance of person, blind from birth, frowning, when supposedly the blind cannot control the muscle required.
| Author: | Robert Hugh Blair |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 197 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8615 |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Blair, R. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
