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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Meyer, Ueber das Darwin'sche Spitzohr. CUL-DAR87.60. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. 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-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).

Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., p. 16, n33: "Ueber das Darwin'sche Spitzohr, Archiv für Path. Anat. und Phys. 1871, p. 485."

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Prof Ludwig Meyer who has long attended to the structure of the external Ear, has thrown much doubts (Virchow's Archiv fur path. Anat. B. 53 1871. S. 485) on this view of the nature of the point, in an interesting paper by showing how very variable the ear is, & that there are often several slight warty projection on the edge of the Helix. He gives also, one remarkable drawing of an ear, with a single point dinted outwards. The points, he states are commoner with men than with women.

S. 488 The Ears of men are more variable than in woman (introduce where I talk of variable of ♂ in comparison with ♀s)

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