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DCP-LETT-6094

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 136, DAR 160: 213
Summary:

Discusses the human foot and its abnormalities; notes an example of syndactylism.

Gives his observations on sexual differences in coloration of terns and ostriches.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6149

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 and 8 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 162: 81; Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 34)
Summary:

Langstaff has seen no trace of blushing on the body.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6093

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 74
Summary:

George Rolleston’s son was born with a scar on his knee exactly where GR cut himself with a knife years before his marriage. Gives several other examples of inherited mutilation.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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