Emery County Progress | 1904-12-31 | Page 3 | Brains Said to be Inherited

SAID TO BE INHERITED not merely their quality but their form handed on prom parent the inheritance of bodily character both by man and the lower an ingals la too well known to need corn ment save colliers weekly in the same way we are accustomed to thina of mental attributes as be ng more or less hereditary from a priori conald oration we have every reason to expect that the organ which la the physical basis of the mental bacul ties the brain should show in ite structure the influence of heredity it has rarely happened however that any comparative study of the brain structures of near relatives has been possible A peculiarly fine opportunity tor uch observations as afforded when the brains of three brothers were div en to a competent observer for exam the brains were those ot burton and fred van wormer all of whom were executed in new lork state all three brains showed marked similarity in general form differing chiefly in the matter ol 01 size some unusual features were present in all three one characteristic in par nicular which is of great rarity occurred in all three these facts lend much support to the idea that pe culla ritie of brain str are inner cited as well as peculiarities of taco and fidure in the case of these three brothers no attempt was made to a the configuration of the brain with tho nature of the crime of the men