202 STUDY OF BRAINS OF SIX EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS. 



necrologiques sur le Dr. Laborde," Rev. de V Ecole d' Anihropologie de Paris, 1903, XIII, 

 142. 



119. Pond, James B. (1838-1903), American soldier and lecture-manager (author's 

 collection). The brain was kindly placed at my disposal by Dr. J. H. Larkin, instruc- 

 tor in pathology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, to 

 whom the brain had been submitted by the ph^'sicians who last attended Major Pond : 

 Drs. McPhee and Pritchard. The brain-weight, after one day in 50 per cent, alcohol 

 and two days in 10 per cent, formalin, was 1407 grams. The cerebrum is somewhat 

 altered in shape, not having been placed immediately after removal in a suitable ves- 

 sel. When I first saw the brain something in its general physiognomy suggested that 

 this was the brain of a left-handed man. Subsequent inquiry elicited the fact that 

 although Major Pond wrote with his right hand, having probably been taught to do 

 so in school, he used left-handed shears and tied his cravat left-handedly. The cere- 

 brum is very well developed in the association areas. 



120. Lavollay, French merchant and publicist (Paris collection). "A member 

 of the societe mutuelle d'autopsie." The brain weighed 1550 grams. (Communicated 

 by Dr. G. Herve.) 



121. Train, George Francis (1829-1904), American merchant, promoter and 

 traveller (author's collection). The postmortem examination was conducted by the 

 writer, at the request of Mr. Train's physician. Dr. Carleton Simon, about 19 hours 

 after death. The examination was limited to the head, including the removal of the 

 brain, and a ventral hernia was dissected out to ascertain its nature. A death-mask 

 was also made. The principal measurements of the head were : 



Circumference 58.1 cm. 



Head length 19.8 cm. 



Head width 16.1 cm. 



The cranium measured : 



Cranial length 19.2 cm. 



Cranial width 15.5 cm. 



Cranial index 80.7 cm. 



The weight of the brain was 1525 grams. Judging from the cranial and cerebral 

 measurements it may be supposed that in middle age Mr. Train's brain weighed about 

 1600 grams. The cerebrum shows a superior degree of complexity in its surface 

 morphology. Notable features are the intricate fissuration of the frontal lobes, the 

 relative broadness and shortness of these lobes, the great bulk of the parietal and 



