Show BRAIN AND tire london tribune discussing the he fallacy of arguing from the size atthe brain to the capacity of the intellect ct points out that the result of P a statistical comparison of large num bers ers of brains and skulls goes to show that atiat the connection between the size and weight of brain on the one side and intellectual capacity on the other isaf a secondary character A skull reputed to be that of dante 0 our ur lo 10 lon a don contemporary says is found to have lave a probable brain weight v litch is eighty or ninety grains below the mean of the english emeral hospital population but the average inmate ol of nix an english hospital is not capable ol of writing a fresh inferno ben thamas brain is only a few grains above the english but the average englishman would need something more than the addition of a tiny percentage to his intellectual out fit it if lie be were to undertake with any hope of success the codification of en glish law taking averages of different races we find that the ille english brain braia falls short of the bavarian by twenty seven grains of the swedish by sixty five of the bohemian by mental superiority then cannot be proved from the weight of the brain as some have thought an anthropologist of prague has given a great deal of time to the study of this subject lie he found that the average weight of the male brain Is 1400 grammes and the female 1200 grammes the average weight of the brains of professional men j such as physicians teachers and others he found to be 1500 grammes A curious conclusion of this scientist relates to those who are engaged in the manufacture or sale of alcoholic drinks the average weight of the brain of brewers saloon keepers and bar tenders he found to be 1419 I 1 gra grammes nimes while it riss to 1442 in cabinet makers 1446 in sh shoemakers 1447 in blacksmiths locksmiths lock smiths and other workers ins deseret news |