Show A Heavy Brain The chief interest in this case lies in the great weight of the brain and its high specific gravity in relation to the highly gifted intellectual intel-lectual power exhibited by the individual indi-vidual during life As this brain weighed nearly sixty ounces it exceeds ex-ceeds that of all others usually quoted with the exception only or Cuviers which weighed sixtyfour and a half ounces and that of Dr Abercrombe which weighed sixty three ounces Sir J Y Simpsons brain weighed fiftyfour ounces and that of Agassiz fiftythree and one fourth ounces It is well known that the average weight of the adult male brain is under fifty ounces the specific gravity of the brain I examined was 1049 and this is as high as any recorded From Professor Pro-fessor Atkins work I find that the average specific gravity of the brain is 1036 and the highest specific gravity of the densest part of a brain ever taken by Professor Aitken or anyone else I believe is 1049 The weight of the brain in this case was in the first instance taken by the orderly corporal in charge of our microscope room recorded by him on the blackboard in the mortuary mor-tuary I immediately verified its accuracy by weighing the organ myself and 1 also verified the correctness cor-rectness of the weighingmachine The spoiiUc gravity was taken very carefully SurgeonMajor Hogs was present at the time Thejaverase cranial capacity of tn adult male head l is 1 believe about ninety cubic inches Cuviers iis I reported to be about IIS In the caso which I now record it must have been about 10S Poputar Science Monthly I = = = |