The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Camper, Discours, etc. CUL-DAR195.4.92. 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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Discours

Discours &c par Pierre Camper delivered 1774, 1778 & 1782 at Amsterdam published in 1792 (The Edit. which I have seen, see Duchenne)

Contains only description of some of the best marked & commonest expressions, not vy accurately described. — (note the vy early part)

[Expression, Introduction, p. 1: "Another somewhat old essay, namely, the 'Discours,' delivered 1774-1782, by the well-known Dutch anatomist Camper,3 can hardly be considered as having made any marked advance in the subject.
3 'Discours par Pierre Camper sur le moyen de représenter les diverses passions,' &c. 1792."]

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