Show GIVES HIS BODY to the dissecting rooms of a medi ical college new york oct 11 in accordance with the provisions of his will the body of george william catt husband of airs carrie chapman catt ex president of the national comans womans suffrage association and president of the international comans womans suffrage association will be dissected for the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge mr catt died on sunday at his home no act street following an operation for gallstones and a special permit was issued by the health department and the body taken to cornell university and bellevue hospital medical college yesterday afternoon after the funeral at his home various portions of the human body have been willed to medical schools from time to time and it has not been unusual for men of science to will their brains to such institutions but this is the first time in the remembrance of doctors in this city that A man of good position and generally normal conditions of health has given his entire body for the advancement ot medical knowledge the study of mr body is expected to be of unusual benefit because except for the disease from which he died it was in all respects normal and healthy thia disposition of the body was directed by section six of his will which reads it is my wash that my body be given to a medical college in which anatomy and surgery aie taught nearest to the place of my demise to bo used in such a manner as will be most to |