THE HUMAN SKULL 



there was in existence some few years ago a little 

 creature of the name of Paulina Musters, better 

 known as " Princess Paulina." She was twelve 

 inches in length at the time of her birth, and at 

 her death which took place in her nineteenth 

 year she measured but nineteen inches, being 

 thus the size of an ordinary baby. Her usual weight 

 was from seven and a half to nine pounds. She 

 performed many feats when exhibiting herself, 

 and, more than this, is described by the medical 

 man who attended her in her last illness as being 

 " of a good general education and speaking four 

 languages her native Dutch, French, German 

 and a little English." The length of her head from 

 chin to forehead was only five and a half inches, 

 and though her brain was not examined after her 

 death, one can imagine what a tiny structure it 

 must have been when we consider that forty-five 

 ounces is an average weight for a female brain and 

 that her body only weighed from 120 to 144 ounces. 



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Yet she was able to do with it as much or more 

 than others do with brains probably three or four 

 times as heavy. One other curious point in con- 

 nection with this little woman must not pass 

 unnoticed. All medical men know that children 

 must be given smaller doses of medicine than 

 adults ; sometimes, in the case of powerful drugs, 

 very much smaller doses. I suppose if one were to 

 be asked why this is, one would say that it is be- 

 cause children are smaller and their bodies have 

 not the resisting force inherent in those of larger 

 size. When the doctor was called in to see Paulina he 

 found it necessary to administer heart stimulants, 



