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From:
William Thierry (William) Preyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 174: 71
Summary:

Sends his book [Naturwissenschaftliche Thatsachen und Probleme. Populäre Vorträge (1880)].

Anxious to receive Movement in plants because CD’s methods may be applicable to his experiments on the earliest movements of animal embryos.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Thierry (William) Preyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 174: 72
Summary:

CD’s comment that certain instincts originate as variations of the brain, rather than as habits, is supported by Brown-Séquard’s and C. F. O. Westphal’s work on epileptiform movements.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project