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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders
Date:
21 Dec 1872
Source of text:
DAR 143: 416
Summary:

Mentions publication of Expression.

Asks whether children born blind ever frown, shed tears, or contract orbicular muscles.

Congratulates FCD on his anniversary [as Professor at Utrecht].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
[after 21 Dec 1872]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 152
Summary:

Exceptional cases of frowning by children born blind have been reported to CD by R. H. Blair [see 8615]; CD asks WB for information and observations on the use of the muscles around the eye by those blind from birth.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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