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


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