RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Lawrence, Lectures on Physiology, etc. CUL-DAR85.A73. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2
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, vol. 2.
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Lawrence 1822
p 272 274 278} Polynesians - On the extermination of the beard.
317.
319 exaggerating form of head.
337 numerous races flatten the nose
354 enlarging the ears
356 negresses making cicatrices
357 holes in lips.
366 Hottentot women.
393 Aristocracy beautiful in the Pacific, & Chardin quotes the Persians
397 Selection not applied to man
451 Colour of negroes at birth, of eyes & skin.
Lawrence, William. 1822. Lectures on physiology, zoology, and the natural history of man. London: Benbow. CUL-DAR.LIB.357 PDF
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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