RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1874.04.08-.09. 2 leaves in Benzoic Acid / Draft of Expression, pp. 156-157 (fair copy). CUL-DAR57.4. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN3

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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).


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7° 55' Ap. 8' 1874. 2 leaves in Benzoic Acid 1 gr to 437' of water — only here & there traces of aggregation.— Large glass.

8°. 7' secretion now coloured & I believe some aggregation

8° 12' no doubt great segregation down to base of some tentacles — but opake & white not oval masses.— some inflection of sub-marginal — some glands

Aggregation

8° 3', do 2 leaves Iodic Acid same strength, smaller glass. — 8° 18' no aggregation

8° 55' very little or no effect or change

10° 20' Red a good deal broken; but when examined under compound M nothing which can be called aggregation —(convex side of curved tents very pink) The end of pedicels mud-coloured & granular aggregation but evidently killed & not true aggregation.)— (11° 45 now a decided appearance under simple lens of aggregation; glands dull red.) (12°, 50' less appearance of aggregation) (2° 20' glands now plainly whitish: there is certainly under compound a few of aggregation excessively minute spheres of dull darkish red.— apparently dead.

[Draft of Expression]

Chap. VI

or mental distress. But the for

common experience show us that a l

in torestraining tears weeping, in association

of the mind, does much in checking

the other hand, it appears that the

can be increased through habit; thus

*(8) who long resided in New Zealand,

women can voluntarily shed tears in

meet for this purpose to mourn for

they take pride in crying "in the m

manner."

The screaming of infants consists

expirations, with short and rapid, almost

=spirations, followed at a somewhat more

by sobbing. According to Gratiolet,*(9) the

chiefly affected during the act of sobbing.

is heard "at the moment when the inspire

"the resistance of the glottis, and the air

chest." But the whole act of respiration

spasmodic and violent. The shoulders are at the same time generally raised, as by this movement

[The text of this draft corresponds to Expression, p. 156.]

[Slip of paper behind the above draft]

flour." I saw in

lately lost a brother

Hysterical violence

which amused he

frequency of weep

under the pressure

parts of the contin

readily and freely.

The insane

emotions with little

[The text of this draft corresponds to Expression, p. 155.]

 


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