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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Turner, Proceedings Royal Society Edinburgh, 1866-1867. CUL-DAR80.B70. 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

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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 19-20. n22: "Prof. W. Turner, 'Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh,' 1866-67, p. 65."

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Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh - 1866- 67 p. 65 Prof. W. Turner on the Musculus sternalis in man occur in about 3 per cent in upwards of 600 bodies - its state is variable & allows "an excellent illustration of the truth of the statement that occasional & rudimentary structures are especially liable to variation in arrangement."- shows it is not an extension of the rectus abdominalis, but is most closely allied to the panniculus carnosus or great skin muscle of the quadruped.

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He has also shown *that [muscle] is not [illeg] & he has found the [illeg] out of 600 body examine in about 3 persons he adds this may offer a useful [illeg]. We have a number of cases variable [illeg], not regular [illeg] which passes from the eyebrow over the scalp to the back of the head; for some persons can move the scalp.

M. A. de C. has kindly [communicated] to me a curious instance of the long related peculiar

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