BeschreibungThe expression of the emotions in man and animals (1872) (14785143685).jpg | Identifier: expressionofemo00darw Title: The expression of the emotions in man and animals Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 Subjects: Emotions Psychology, Comparative Instinct Publisher: London : John Murray Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book
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Text Appearing After Image: y^/^-^^. Chap. XII. CONTRACTION OF THE PLATYSMA. 301 They exhibited some trepidation, but no great terror.In only four of the cases was the platysma visiblycontracted; and it did not begin to contract until thepatients began to cry. The muscle seemed to contractat the moment of each deep-drawn inspiration; so thatit is very doubtful whether the contraction depended atall on the emotion of fear. In a fifth case, the patient,who was not chloroformed, was much terrified; andhis platysma was more forcibly and persistently con-tracted than in the other cases. But even here thereis room for doubt, for the muscle which appeared tobe unusually developed, was seen by Dr. Ogle to con-tract as the man moved his head from the pillow, afterthe operation was over. As I felt much perplexed why, in any case, a super-ficial muscle on the neck should be especially affectedby fear, I applied to my many obliging correspondentsfor information about the contraction of this muscleunder other circumstances. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |