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From:
Alexander Shaw
To:
Henry John Temple
Date:
[7 March 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1047; Reel 1083
Summary:

Copy [in JH's hand] of doctor's prescription for four to five weeks of bed rest and country air for JH before resuming duties at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-5454A

From:
Alexander Shaw
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
22 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 177: 145
Summary:

At the request of his sister, Marion Bell, he sends a copy of his essay on the nervous system. It contains a view of the development of the animal kingdom in illustration of Charles Bell’s classification of the nerves. Human powers are held to be more dependent upon the structure of the mouth than that of the hand.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6480

From:
Alexander Shaw
To:
Marion Shaw; Marion Bell
Date:
27 Nov 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 146
Summary:

Asks MB to forward information to CD regarding works dealing with expression, in particular refers to Sir Charles Bell’s work The nervous system [3d ed. (1836)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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