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DCP-LETT-5454A

From:
Alexander Shaw
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
22 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 177: 145
Summary:

At the request of his sister, Marion Bell, he sends a copy of his essay on the nervous system. It contains a view of the development of the animal kingdom in illustration of Charles Bell’s classification of the nerves. Human powers are held to be more dependent upon the structure of the mouth than that of the hand.

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