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.]
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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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