(From Dr. Formad's Laboratory.) 



Some studies upon the Chinese brain, 



by 

 J. Lefflngwell Hatch B. Se. M. D. 



Lecturer on Bacteriology and Assistant Demonstrator of Morbid Anatomy and Pathological Histology 

 in the University of Pennsylvania. Assistant pathologist to the Philadelphia hospital. 



(With pi. VIII.) 



Through the courtesy of Dr. Formad, I had the privilege of making 

 a post-mortem last March on the body of Sing Lee. He was a laun- 

 dryman, but nothing as to his personal history could be learned, ex- 

 cept that he used opium freely. 



He was a well nourished Mongolian, 5 feet 6 inches in height, 

 weighed about 170 lbs, and 35 years of age. The body was well 

 formed and nicely proportioned, although there was a slight tendency 

 towards obesity. 



He had the characteristic yellow complexion, high cheek bones, 

 and obliquely set eyes. A queue of some length adorned his head 

 in addition to an insula of short stiff black hair. This insula had an 

 area of a circle four inches and a half in diamètre. There were no 

 marks of violence upon the body, nor was anything observed to lead 

 to a suspicion of foul play. 



On opening the thoracic cavity, the lungs were found perfectly 

 free, and there was no effusion in the pleural cavities. The parenchyma 

 of the lungs was perfectly crepitant throughout, and they offered 

 nothing of pathological interest. 



The pericardium contained about two ounces of fluid. — The heart 

 was large and turgid, having probably stopped in diastole. On in- 



