204 STUDY OF BRAINS OF SIX EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS. 



the richly convoluted brains of persons of highly developed but rather one-sided men- 

 tal superiority. The left subfrontal gyre was somewhat favored in its development as 

 compared with the same region on the right side. Retzius : Biol. Untersuch., N. F., 

 XI, 1904. 



124. Taguchi, Kazuyoshi (1838-1904), Japanese anatomist. The brain of Pro- 

 fessor Taguchi was removed on February 5, 1904, by Dr. Yamagawa, President of the 

 Imperial University of Tokio. The body-weight was 49 kilos. The brain weighed 

 1520 grams. 



125. LovEN, Otto C. (1864-1904), Swedish histologist and physiologist (Stock- 

 holm collection). Professor Loven, the Swedish investigator who will be best remem- 

 bered for his discoveries of the taste-fibers in the papillse of the tongue of mammals, 

 as well as of vaso-dilator nerves, had expressed it as his wish that his brain be pre- 

 served after death and studied by his friend and associate Gustav Retzius. The brain 

 exhibits a richness of fissures and these are marked by a superior degree of tortuous- 

 ness and ramification. The subparietal region is very complex in its surface configura- 

 tion while the central (sensori-motor) regions are only moderately developed. The 

 cortical centers for speech and language are notably large and Retzius brings this into 

 relation with Professor Loven's notable powers of clear, exact and logical expressions 

 of thought in words ; less so in the way of oratorical finesse as in the talented use of 

 the best and most adequate expressions. The weight of the brain is not mentioned, 

 though its size is said by Retzius to have been well above the average. G. Retzius : 

 Biol. Untersuch, N. F., XII, 1905. 



126. Zeyer, Johann, Austrian architect. A brother of the poet, Julius Zeyer. 

 Johann Z. died of chronic nephritis and the brain was quite oedematous. The low 

 weight, 1310 grams, was due to loss of serum. Stature, 174 ctm. The autopsy was 

 performed by Professor Hlava (Prague). The brain was weighed after being dissected 

 and fully 15 minutes after removal from the skull. (Communication from Dr. 

 Matiegka.) 



127. BiTTNER, Georg, German- Austrian dramatist and actor. A successful play- 

 wright and a member of the celebrated " Meininger Schauspieltruppe." His stature 

 was 173 cm. The autopsy revealed general arterio-sclerosis. The brain weighed 1556 

 grams. The autopsy was performed by Professor Hlava. (Communication from Dr. 

 Matiegka.) 



128. Gross, Samuel D., American physician and surgeon. Brain-weight 1361 

 grams. Cited in Gray's Anatomy (DaCosta's edition), 1905. 



129. DE Rialle, Girard, French ethnologist and folklorist, bequeathed his brain 

 and skull to the Anthropological Society of Paris. Bull, de la soc. d'anthrop. de 

 Paris, 1905, pp. 149-150. 



