186 STUDY OF BRAINS OF SIX EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS. 



posterior diameter of the head was 19.7 ctm.; the lateral diameter, 16.3 ctm. The 

 skull is said to have been thick. M. Wyman : Medical and Surgical Reporter (Phila- 

 delphia), 1874, XXX, p. 131. 



39. LiEBiG, Justus von (1803-1873), German chemist (Munich collection). Bis- 

 choff states that the specimen shows advanced age-atrophy and it lost weight very 

 rapidly when placed in alcohol ; 34 per cent, in four weeks and nearly 50 per cent, in 

 about seven years. The endocranial cast shows the cranial capacity to have been 

 1,550 ctm. The cranial circumference was 54.6 ctm. Bischoff estimates the weight 

 of the brain at maturity to have been at least 1,450 grams. The actual weight was 

 1,352 grams. Liebig's stature was 170 ctm. Bischoff observes further that the cere- 

 bral convolutions are more complex than in any other brain in the collection. Riid- 

 inger compares the subfrontal gyres of the two sides and gives a figure which shows 

 enormous development of the parietal-paroccipital region. Bischoff: "Das Hirnge- 

 wicht des Menschen," 1880, p. 139. Riidinger: Beitrag. z. Anat. des Sjnachcentruras, 

 1882. Riidinger: Beitrag. z. Anat. d. Afenspalte, 1882. 



40. Napoleon III (1808-1873), French sovereign. The brain-weight only is re- 

 corded in Ammon's list. Brain-weight, 1500 grams. Amnion : Die Natiirliche 

 Auslese bein Menschen, p. 255. 



41. Bennett, John Hughes (1812-1875), English physician. The autopsy was 

 performed by Dr. Cadge, assisted by Professor Sanders. The brain weighed 47 ounces 

 (1332 grams). W. Cadge : " On the case of the late Professor Hughes Bennett." 

 Brit. Med. Jour., 1875 (October 9), p. 454. 



42. AssEZAT, Jules (1832-1876), French political writer and journalist (Paris col- 

 lection). The brain was very oedematous. The weight, which was not taken until 

 two hours after removal, was 1403 grams. The gyres are complex and the fissures 

 tortuous, especially in the frontal region. The parietal-paroccipital fissure is of great 

 depth, uninterrupted, and is directly confluent with the postcentral fissure. The 

 frontal fissures are frequently interrupted by annectants so that the superfrontal and 

 medifrontal gyres are hardly demarcated from each other. Duval, Chudzinski and 

 Herve : Bull, de la sociHe d'Anthropol. de Paris, 1883, p. 331. 



43. Palacky, Franz (1798-1876), Bohemian historian. This brain still awaits 

 description in the Royal Bohemian Museum. The postmortem examination took 

 place on the fourth day after death, the body having received an injection of sublimate. 

 Palacky's head was very large, as the following measurements indicate : 



Circumference 60 ctm. 



Head length 20 



Head width . . . ' 17 ctm. 



