Logan Republican | 1902-12-12 | Page 2 | Hobby is Human Brains

HODDY IS HUMAN E3RAINS. Prof. Wilder Has Greatest Collection In the World. Prof. Wlldor, whoso endeavors to securo tho brain of tho lato Kllzaboth Cady Stunton havo been foiled by tho relatives, has the greatest collection j' ' " ' "-V WmMmf of brains In tho world. Ills laboratory at Cornell unlvorslty contains hun-drods hun-drods of glass Jarj containing the brains of all sorts of pooplo from criminals crim-inals to college professors. Burt Oreon Wilder, ono of tho great compaiatlve anatomists of the world, was horn at Boston In 1841. Ho began his natural history studies at 1 1 years of ago, and his recorded observations on living spldors brought him marked recognition recogni-tion from tho oldor Agassis. When only 19 ho was lecturing on scientific subjects, and away back In 1803 he dlscovorcd on Folly -Island, near Chap leston, S. C, a remarkablo spider, to which his namo has slnco been given. For ninny years ho hns made a specialty spe-cialty of studying brains from nn anatomical an-atomical standpoint, and his hopo has been to solvo great problems thut puz-zlo puz-zlo anatomists.