The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. In my Babies under passion. CUL-DAR195.3.7. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR195 contains materials for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions (1872) organised roughly as: DAR195.1 blushing. DAR195.2 astonishment, fear. DAR195.3 indignation, rage, screaming, etc. DAR195.4 laughter, frowning, introduction.

Darwin refers to his [Notebook of observations on the Darwin children]. CUL-DAR210.11.37

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In my Babies under passion (4 months old) reddening of Head first symptom, before? early a frown showing Heart first affected

[Expression, p. 240: "With one of my own infants, under four months old, I repeatedly observed that the first symptom of an approaching passion was the rushing of the blood into his bare scalp."]

p 15 of my M.S. book

["When getting in a passion, which he often does — the blood gushing into whole skin scalp of head, is almost the very first symptom"]

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discussed at length [words excised]

joy – perhaps wd come in best under affection & love.—

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