346 NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



6. Ruloff, aged 53; above medium stature; executed for murder, in 

 1871 ; well versed in languages, imagining that he had dis- 

 covered new and important principles in philology . . . 5 9 '00 oz 



6. James Fisk, Jr., 1 aged 37 ; killed in New York, in 1872 ; illiterate, 



but said to possess great executive ability ; notorious for co- 

 lossal and unscrupulous financial speculations . . . 58*00 " 



7. Spurzheim 55*06 " 



8. Adult man; 2 an idiot since two years of age .... 64*95 " 



9. Laborer, 2 aged 22 ; died of fracture of the pelvis . . . 53*79 " 



10. Daniel Webster, aged 70 63-50 " 



11. Celebrated mathematician, 2 aged 54; above the ordinary stature 53*41 " 



12. Executed criminal, 3 aged 45 ; medium stature; of less than ordi- 



nary intelligence, and uncultivated 53*12 " 



13. Celebrated clinical professor, 2 aged 62 ; medium stature . . 52*88 " 



14. Mathematician of the first rank, 2 aged 78 ; medium stature . 52*62 " 



15. Executed criminal, 3 aged 34 ; rather large in stature ; ordinary in- 



telligence, but singular, and somewhat cultivated . . . 50*09 " 



16. Dupuytren, aged 58 49*68 " 



17. Day-laborer, 2 aged 49 48*85 " 



18. Executed criminal, 3 aged 29 ; medium stature ; of scarcely ordi- 



nary intelligence, and uncultivated 48*81 " 



19. Executed criminal, 4 aged 42 ; a little above medium stature ; in- 



telligence fine, developed, and slightly cultivated . . . 48*81 " 



20. Idiot, of a very low degree of intelligence ; 4 aged 37 ; a little above 



medium stature ; movements very active .... 48*67 " 



21. Deaf-mute, 4 aged 43 ; a little above medium stature ; an idiot, of 



the lowest degree of intelligence 48*32 " 



22. Executed criminal, 4 aged 46 ; medium stature ; of ordinary intelli- 



gence, uncultivated, but proud and vivacious . . . 48*14 " 



23. Man, slightly imbecile, 4 aged 67 ; medium stature . . . 48*14 " 



24. Man about 60 years of age 5 48*14 " 



25. Celebrated philologist, 5 aged 54 ; 5 feet 7 inches tall . . 47*90 " 



26. Executed criminal, 4 aged 34 ; small stature ; intelligence developed 



and cultivated 47 '79 " 



27. Man, about 24 years of age ; 5 died of aortic insufficiency . . 47*69 ' 



28. Day-laborer, 5 aged 51 . 47*44 " 



29. Man 34 years of age; 5 died of pneumonia 47*26 " 



1 This is taken from the official report of the autopsy of James Fisk, Jr., by 

 Dr. E. T. T. Marsh, deputy coroner, on file in the office of the district attorney, 

 in the city of New York. The cerebrum weighed 51 ounces; the cerebellum, 

 6 oz., and the pons, 1 oz. 



2 WAGNER, Journal de la physiologic, Paris, 1861, tome iv., p. 558. 



8 LELUT, Physiologic de la pensec, Paris, 1862, tome ii., pp. 304-310. 

 4 LELUT, loc. cit. 6 WAGNER, loc. cit. 



