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DCP-LETT-12801

From:
George Maw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 171: 106
Summary:

He has observed several instances of animals’ tails lying to the left in rigor mortis. Is this a general rule?

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12805

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Maw
Date:
8 Nov 1880
Source of text:
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/18)
Summary:

Believes the flexure in GM’s dead animals must result from the greater strength of the muscles on the left side. Thinks his son George once tested the strength of each leg of a group of boys, and CD could get his notes if wanted.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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