RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871-1872]. Draft of Expression, Chap. VI / Benozoic. CUL-DAR57.5. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).

Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin.


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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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Benzoic. 9° a great deal of inflection of sub-marginals & glands very white. It is not so much true aggregation, as a shrinking of the red matter from walls of cells, especially in the lower & basal parts of Tentacles! Much Mucus (10° 13' The broken appearance has now all disappeared!!) (11° 45 do: glands quite white like after boiling) (2° 20' much mucus) no aggregation.

Acids cause a film of transparent coagulated matter to be formed on surface of drops of secretion.

1874 April

Ap. 9th Benzoic. 8° A.m. leaves flaccid much mucus, glands quite white —

Under compound.— Pedicels pink no vestige of aggregation.

Ap 9th 8° 15. Iodic tentacles closely inflected — all tentacle glands & all pale reddish brown. — The cells now appear almost empty or only with fine granular matter. Very little mucus or none hanging to leaves


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