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Show DRAINS SAID TO DC INHEnnCol Net Merely Taelr Quality but Their Form Handed en Frm Parente. The Inhertlancti of bodily character latlct, both by ma and the lower an Iroala, It loo trvll Inowa to oH eoia inent. a)a CoHlera Weekly la the nai way vra are accmtiimed to thlak of mental attrlbntet aa belnj: more or leea kernlllary rom a priori eonild cratloa wo hare erery reaaon to ept that tbe orttn walch la thu phyitral batla of the mental facul ties, tbe hrala, should abow In It" structure the tanuenee of heredity. It liai rarely harpxned, boweter, that nny comparatWa itiidy cf the brain atnicturea of near relallteti has bcn potslble A peculiarly floo opportiinltr for nich obtcrvallont wsa afTorded who tho brains of three brothers wcro ill en to a competent obterTcr for eiaai Inntlon. Tbe bralna were those of Willi, flurton and Fred Van Wortser all of whom were cjecnted In Ne York ttsle All three brains aboweil marked almllarlty In ceneral form (llfTcrlnc chiefly In tho matter of ale Somo unmual features war present In all three: one characterise In par tlcular, wblrh It of cretl rarity, oc etirred In all throe Theso facts lead much support to the Idea that pe cullarltlea of brain structure are liticr Ited as well a peculiarities of fee and flmre In tho case of these three brothers no nttrmrt wsa made to aa soctale tho connaurntlon of tho hraln with tha nature of tha crimen of the men. |