RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. When jaw shut & opened wide. CUL-DAR53.1.B33. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1

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[B33]

When jaw shut & opened wide –passage to Ear appears to open - can this be so. – Leonard

used p 211

Perhaps explain why I think contraction of orbicular in gentle laughing & snivelling, not tract at least exclusively of contraction during loud laughter, for this does not explain contraction chiefly of the lower orbiculars.


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