703 (return) [ In the foregoing remarks on the manner in which the
eyebrows are made oblique, I have followed what seems to be the
universal opinion of all the anatomists, whose works I have consulted
on the action of the above-named muscles, or with whom I have
conversed. Hence throughout this work I shall take a similar view of
the action of the corrugator supercilii, orbicularis, pyramidalis nasi,
and frontalis muscles. Dr. Duchenne, however, believes, and every
conclusion at which he arrives deserves serious consideration, that it
is the corrugator, called by him the sourcilier, which raises the inner
corner of the eyebrows and is antagonistic to the upper and inner part
of the orbicular muscle, as well as to the pyramidalis nasi (see
Mécanisme de la Phys. Humaine, 1862, folio, art. v., text and figures
19 to 29: octavo edit. 1862, p. 43 text). He admits, however, that the
corrugator draws together the eyebrows, causing vertical furrows above
the base of the nose, or a frown. He further believes that towards the
outer two-thirds of the eyebrow the corrugator acts in conjunction with
the upper orbicular muscle; both here standing in antagonism to the
frontal muscle. I am unable to understand, judging from Henle’s
drawings (woodcut, fig. 3), how the corrugator can act in the manner
described by Duchenne. See, also, on this subject, Prof. Donders’
remarks in the ‘Archives of Medicine,’ 1870, vol. v. p. 34. Mr. J.
Wood, who is so well known for his careful study of the muscles of the
human frame, informs me that he believes the account which I have given
of the action of the corrugator to be correct. But this is not a point
of any importance with respect to the expression which is caused by the
obliquity of the eyebrows, nor of much importance to the theory of its
origin.]
704 (return) [ I am greatly indebted to Dr. Duchenne for permission to
have these two photographs (figs. 1 and 2) reproduced by the heliotype
process from his work in folio. Many of the foregoing remarks on the
furrowing of the skin, when the eyebrows are rendered oblique, are
taken from his excellent discussion on this subject.]
705 (return) [ Mécanisme de la Phys. Humaine, Album, p. 15.]
706 (return) [ Henle, Handbuch der Anat. des Menschen, 1858, B. i. s.
148, figs. 68 and 69.]
707 (return) [ See the account of the action of this muscle by Dr.
Duchenne, ‘Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine, Album (1862), viii. p.
34.]
801 (return) [ Herbert Spencer, ‘Essays Scientific,’ &c., 1858, p.
360.]
802 (return) [ F. Lieber on the vocal sounds of L. Bridgman,
‘Smithsonian Contributions,’ 1851, vol. ii. p. 6.]
803 (return) [ See, also, Mr. Marshall, in Phil. Transact. 1864, p.
526.]
804 (return) [ Mr. Bain (‘The Emotions and the Will,’ 1865, p. 247) has
a long and interesting discussion on the Ludicrous. The quotation above
given about the laughter of the gods is taken from this work. See,
also, Mandeville, ‘The Fable of the Bees,’ vol. ii. p. 168.]
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