Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Wolff, ''Act. Acad.,' St. Petersburg, 1778'. CUL-DAR80.A13. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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(a) Nulla particula est, quae non aliter et aliter in aliis se habeat hominibus;&
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on the choice of typical examples for representation
A discussion on the beau ideal of the liver, lungs or as on
Wolff, C. F. 1778. De inconstantia fabricae corporis humani, de eligendisque ad eam repraesentandam exemplaribus. Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae (2): 217. Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 109-110: "The famous old anatomist, Wolff, insists that the internal viscera are more variable than the external parts: Nulla particula est quæ non aliter et aliter in aliis se habeat hominibus. He has even written a treatise on the choice of typical examples of the viscera for representation. A discussion on the beau-ideal of the liver, lungs, kidneys, &c., as of the human face divine, sounds strange in our ears." Footnote 7: "'Act. Acad.,' St. Petersburg, 1778, part ii. p. 217." See also CUL-DAR47.73-74.
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