From:
John Wood
To:
J Perry
Date:
5 March 1761
Source of text:
L&P/4/88, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
No summary available.
Corrects CD on his assertion that the platysma myoides "cannot voluntarily be brought into action" [Descent 1: 19].
Emotional states leading to contraction of the platysma. Contraction of skin muscles.
Movement of hair; action of occipito-frontalis muscle.