Proceedings of the Association of American Anatomists III 

 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED. 



SOME CURRENT TERMINOLOGIC INCONSISTENCIES THAT ARE 

 APPARENTLY NEEDLESS. By Burt G. Wilder. Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, New York. 



A NEW FORM OF BRAIN BEQUEST. By Burt G. Wilder. Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, Xeic York. 



REPORT OF A STUDY OF THE BRAINS OF SIX EMINENT SCIENTISTS 

 AND SCHOLARS BELONGING TO THE AMERICAN ANTHROPO- 

 METRIC SOCIETY; TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION 

 OF THE SKULL OF ONE OF THEM. (Specimens, drawings and 

 charts.) By Edw. Anthony Spitzka. Department of Anatomy, 

 Columtia University, New York City. 



A report -was made on the brains of Prof. Joseph Leicly, Dr. Philip 

 Leic\y, Dr. A. J. Parker, Prof. Harrison Allen, Prof. E. D. Cope and 

 Dr. William Pepper, together with a brief description of the skull of 

 Prof. Cope. The specimens belong to the collection of the American An- 

 thropometric Society, an association of scholars and scientists having for 

 its object the preservation and study of the brains and other bodily 

 organs of its members, which was founded in 1889 or 1890 by Drs. 

 Joseph Leidy, Harrison Allen, William Pepper, F. X. Dercum and E. C. 

 Spitzka. The study of the specimens extended over a period of two 

 years, being conducted in connection with similar researches on many 

 other human brains of various classes and races of men. Systems of 

 brain measurement were devised and applied to all the brains to aid 

 in the comparative study. The entire work, fully illustrated, will be 

 published from the Wistar Institute, where the brains of the six men 

 referred to are now deposited. 



The brain-weights are : 



Philip Leidy 1415 grams 



E. D. Cope 1545 " 



Harrison Allen 1531 " 



Wm. Pepper 1593 " 



The weight of Prof. Leidy's brain may be estimated at 1545 grams at 

 least; it may have weighed more. Dr. Parker's brain probably weighed 

 about 1475 grams. The main morphological characteristics and contrasts 

 among the brains Avere briefly pointed out, the brains of the two Doctors 

 Seguin, Maj. J. W. Powell, George Francis Train and Maj. J. B. Pond 

 being included in the comparisons. Among the many interesting results 

 of the study, a comparative tabulation of the cerebro-cerebellar ratio of 

 weight showed this to be fully a unit higher than among ordinary men 



