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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
[before 26] Jan [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Sends enclosure copied from letter of F. C. Donders [7207?] dealing with orbicular muscle. Asks about secretion of tears resulting from spasmodic action of orbicular muscle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
25 Jan 1872
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Discusses role of orbicular muscle and distended veins in eye in secretion of tears. Asks WB’s opinion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
8 Apr [1872]
Source of text:
Sir John Paget Bowman (private collection)
Summary:

Asks to borrow "Sölberg Wells, Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye 1869" referred to by F. C. Donders.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
19 Apr [1872]
Source of text:
Sir John Paget Bowman (private collection)
Summary:

Returns borrowed book. Is surprised that any of us have eyes "seeing what a frightful number of horrid diseases the eye is liable to".

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.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
27 Nov [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 221.5: 3
Summary:

"As the disease hypermetropia is not very rare, & as it is known to be hereditary, I will not give the case (about which I was very doubtful) & am glad to decide in the negative".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
9 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
Heritage Auctions (dealers) (12 November 2020, lot 47256)
Summary:

Urges WB to give his vote "and exert any influence which you properly can" in favour of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, a fellow of Oriel, at the next balloting at the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
1 June [1876]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Regrets he cannot hear lecture by F. C. Donders.

Hopes to see WB before he returns home.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
22 Feb 1878
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (13 December 1977)
Summary:

Thinks WB’s proposal a very good one. CD could suggest two or three subjects for essays with respect to the vegetable kingdom, but they would require a long course of experiments "& unfortunately there is hardly any one in this country who seems inclined to devote himself to experiments".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project