RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.06.04. Mr Engleheart carefully watched woman in labour. CUL-DAR195.4.4. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. 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.
"Engleheart, Stephen Paul, 1831?-85. 1859 Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, London. 1861-70 Village surgeon/physician at Down, known to Darwin family as "Spengle". Drowned in Old Calabar, Nigeria, Africa, trying to visit a patient. (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
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June 4th 1867. Mr Engleheart carefully watched woman in labour, & did not close her orbicular till the last labour-pains, when child was near expulsion, & then she closed her eyes violently, so as to be quite hidden.─
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