Rivers first published his famous treatise on 'Instinct and the Unconscious' in 1920, basing it on a lecture series he delivered in 1919 at the Psychological Laboratory in Cambridge, so these notes (written on notepaper letter-headed 'Weirleigh, Paddock Wood, Kent') may be preparatory to that lecture series.

References to names of authorities in the field are interspersed with some rough sketch graphs and data.

10 sheets of manuscript notes - with 5 smaller sheets inserted - on the skin as an organ of sense perception, including discussion of the skin's structure and the layers of dermis and epidermis.

Rivers's work on reactions to danger (flight, aggression, immobility etc.) form part of his investigation into the effects of war trauma and the neuroses exhibited by some of those who had fought in the First World War. Rivers differentiates between cowardice and neurosis.

The article is concerned with language used to describe colour in these primitive communities.

The article is concerned with the language used to denote colour in different cultures.

The article highlights the relevance of Sigmund Freud's theories to this area of study.

Includes mention of Roscoe, J.; Hoch, A. and Thomas, N.W. and a report by Haddon, A.C.

There is a full-length photo portrait of W. H. R. Rivers stuck into the beginning of the book. Photographs of Head's hand and arm are stuck in, accompanying the typed text, at intervals (these photographs are of the same series as those listed as WHRivers/2/2) and there are also graphs displaying data.

There are photographs of Head's arm and hand (see also for comparison WHRivers/2/2 in this collection) interspersed at intervals through the typed text, as well as tabular material displaying data.

The typed text is interspersed with photographs of Head's arm and hand (see also for comparison the series listed as WHRivers/2/2 in this collection) which serve to illustrate the text. There is also tabular material displaying data.

There are photographs of Head's arm and hand (see for comparison the series listed as WHRivers/2/2 in this collection) inserted into the typed text at intervals by way of illustration. There are also tabular displays of data.