The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Brunton and Ferrier, Report on the Progress of Physiology. CUL-DAR195.4.71. 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.

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p. 235. ─ on chief parts of lacrymal glands to keep naval passage damp

⸮⸮ for Chapt on Weeping

Journal of Anat. & Phy. Nov. 1871.

[Expression, p. 169: "The primary function of the secretion of tears, together with some mucus, is to lubricate the surface of the eye; and a secondary one, as some believe, is to keep the nostrils damp, so that the inhaled air may be moist,21 and likewise to favour the power of smelling.
21 Bergeon, as quoted in the 'Journal of Anatomy and Physiology,' Nov. 1871, p. 235."

"INFLUENCE OF THE LACHRYMAL GLAND ON RESPIRATION.- Bergeon (Comptes Rendus, 1870, I., p. 88. Henle's Jahresber. 1870, p. 162) thinks that one of the chief functions of the lachrymal gland is to keep the nasal mucous membrane and the inspired air moist, and thus preserve the mucous membrane of the respiratory passages from getting too dry."]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)