RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Brewster, Proceedings Royal Society Edinburgh, 1866-1867. CUL-DAR80.B69. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. RN1
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[B69]
The difference of man being clothed & naked may make much more difference than [ever] warmth, from exclusion of light, for there is no doubt that with the lower animals, light has a powerful effect on their development & on the chemical changes which are always going on in the blood.
see abstract on this head by Sir D. Brewster in Proc. Royal. Soc. Edinburgh - 1866-67 p 4- 6.
[Sir David Brewster. Opening address 3 December 1866. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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