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DCP-LETT-9703

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
Date:
30 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 143: 163
Summary:

Discusses expression on two halves of the face. Mentions photograph [of picture by Rubens].

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9705

From:
Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Nov [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 342
Summary:

CD may keep the photograph of "the holy Mary of Egypt". TLB may have been led away by his imagination in thinking that one side of the face expressed repentance and the other devout joy.

Comments on David Ferrier’s observations on electrical stimulation of the brain. Extent of response relates to intensity of stimulus.

Crichton-Browne’s observations on the asymmetry of convolutions on the two sides of the brains of maniacs.

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