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THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN. 



TABLE 27. THE BRAIN-WEIGHTS OCCURRING AMONG EMINENT 

 MEN, AS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF PARISIANS OF DIF- 

 FERENT STATURES. (Manbuvrur.) 



The figures express the number of brains in each hundred which 

 would fall within the limits of weight opposite to which the 

 entries stand. 



The first series of ordinary Parisian men shows, as we 

 should expect, the maximum frequency of 31-5 per cent, 

 of cases between 1,300-1,400 grammes. Examining the 

 Parisians of tall stature, we find the point of maximum 

 frequency amounting to 34-6 per cent, and raised to 

 between 1,400-1,500 grammes. On comparing the 

 eminent men with this latter group, it is found that 

 the maximum frequency falls also between 1,400- 

 1,500 grammes, but there is this difference, that among 

 eminent men there is a decidedly larger number of 

 cases between 1,500-1,600 grammes, and also beyonc| 

 1 These observations have been excluded from Table 26. 



