THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THK l?RAl>f. 509 



are microccplKiIic; tlios*' abov*- 14r)0 ciiln'r cent iiiM^eis arc iiiepi- 

 eeplialic. 



l>(4<>w an^ uiveu uvera.ii(^ bi-aiii weights in male atliills of (litlerent 

 people: 



Grams. 



Scotch (Peacock) 1,417 



English (Peacock) 1,8S8 



English (Boyd) 1,351 



Germans (Wagner) 1,S71 



French (Parcha])]ie) 1,358 



Negroes (Peacock ) 1,255 



Tliurnaiii says that the average braiu weiglit of the jnale negro is 

 the same as that of the female European. - - - 



What kind of brain weights are found among men of great mental 

 powers and acquirements l' The following table will show: 



lirain iceiyltts of dhthujuitilifd men {Thiir>ia>it). 



Name. 



0<(U])ation. 



Ciivier \ Naturalist 



Abercroiubie I'liysiciau 



Scl'.illei- Poet 



Daniel Welister , Statcmuan 



Agassiz I Naturalist 



Do ^Morgan Matlieraatician 



flrote Historian 



Wheucll 



IliTiiiami 



Hiij;lies Iji'liiutt 



Ticdomaim 



Hauaiuau 



I'hilosdiihcr.. 

 Pliilc.loyist... 

 Physician. . . . 

 Anatomist . . . 

 Mineralij>:ist. 



The above-named men have been among the Ibrcmost representatives 

 of human intelligence. 



The list is very interesting, not only from the fact that it includes 

 some very higii brain weights (which we would naturally exi)ect from 

 their high intellectual attainments), but also from the fact that it in- 

 cludes brain weights of four distinguished men which fall distinctly 

 below the average (1390 grains), even when allowance is made for 

 atro})hy consecjuent ui)on age. 



These facts, and many others that <;an be nuuitioned, naturally raise 

 the question, "Is there any invariable connection between intelligence 

 and mere weight <u- size of brain T' IJehu^e answering this question 

 we desire to cite a few additional facts. 



Very high brain Aveights are not only tbiind among men of great in- 

 tellectual attainments and culture, as noted in the above table, but 

 also among \'ery ordinary sane individuals and among eijilejttics and 

 insane persons. Dr. Biicknill records a brain weight of 1830 grams for 



