THE CEREBRUM IX DIFFERENT RACES, ETC. 347 



30. Brigand and assassin, 1 aged 32 ; beheaded 46*91 oz. 



31. Idiot of the lowest degree of intelligence, 2 aged 24 ; medium stature 46*56 " 



32. Executed criminal, 8 aged 27 ; medium stature ; of ordinary and 



uncultivated intelligence 46*21 " 



33. Executed criminal, 2 aged 40 ; at least of medium stature ; intelli- 



gence developed and cultivated 46*21 " 



34. Railroad laborer, 1 aged 23 46*21 " 



35. Executed criminal, 2 aged 29; intelligence hardly ordinary, and 



uncultivated 45-50 " 



36. Wood-cutter, 1 aged 57 ; died of vertebral caries . . . 44*90 " 



37. Idiot, below the condition of a brute ; 2 aged 39 ... 44'30 u 



38. Imbecile, with difficulty in movements ; 2 aged 57 ; intelligence 



correct, notwithstanding its slight development . . . 43*56 " 



39. Man, 34 years of age ; 1 died of phthisis 43*38 " 



40. Celebrated mineralogist, 1 aged 77 ; above medium stature . . 43*24 " 



41. Executed criminal, 2 aged 31; small stature; intelligence mobile 



and exaggerated 42*04 " 



42. Upholsterer, 1 aged 60 ; died of phthisis 40*91 " 



43. Imbecile, 5 aged 23 ; large stature 38*97 " 



44. Idiot, of the lowest degree of intelligence ; 2 aged 46 ; medium 



stature 36*86 " 



45. Man, 46. years of age ; 2 idiocy very profound ; very large stature 36*15 " 



46. Man, 44 years of age ; 2 idiocy very profound ; a little below me- 



dium stature .... 34*39 " 



In compiling the foregoing table, we have in every in- 

 stance consulted the authentic reports of the weights of the 

 brain, and have reduced them all to ounces av. with the 

 greatest care. This was found necessary, on account of the 

 important variations in the reports quoted by different phys- 

 iological authors, especially as regards the brains of Cuvier, 

 Webster, and Dupuytren. "We believe that our figures are 

 absolutely correct. The weights of the brains of Cromwell 

 and Byron are given, but there can be hardly any question 

 that they are grossly exaggerated. 



In the report of the autopsy of Cuvier, the weight of the 

 brain is given as "trois livres onze onces quatres gi*os et 

 demi" : Cuvier died in 1832, and the weight is in the old 



1 WAGXER, loc. cit. 2 LELUT, loc. fit. 



3 Note sur la maladie et la mort de G. Cuvier. Archives generates de mede- 

 line, Paris, 1832, tome xxix., p. 144. 



