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cising it, both sides were found to contain clots, organized or chicken- 

 fat clots, and black or currant jelly clots. 



All the valves were competent, and there was no organic disease 

 of any kind. 



The omentum was rich in fat and the intestines were greatly 

 distended with flatus. 



The liver was enlarged and fatty, and on section showed the 

 characteristic nutmeg appearance. 



The kidneys were normal in size, they were slightly pigbacked 

 and cyanotic. The capsule stripped easily, and the cortex and pyramids 

 appeared in good condition. 



The stomach was empty, save for a few small masses of rice. 

 Its mucous surface was greatly thickened and of a dark red color, 

 evidently a chronic gastritis due to alcoholism. 



The other organs were all normal. There was no intussusception, 

 no volvulus, no hernia. 



One peculiarity noticed was the vermiform appendix, which was 

 extremely long, some four or five inches and infundibular in shape. 

 This is constant in the Chinese, I am told, and since it occurs in the 

 Negro it would be a factor pointing to a lower phylum in the scheme 

 of evolution. 



On cutting through the scalp it was found to be extremely thick 

 and fatty. In the occipital region it measured fully three quarters of 

 an inch. The skull was quite also thick, and of a form which an- 

 thropologists denominate brachy-cephalic. 



This brings us to the study of the brain which is really the subject 

 of this paper. 



Our knowledge of the Chinese brain dates back to June 21st. 1886, 

 when Dr. Chas. K. Mills before the American Neurological Society, 

 described a brain which he and Dr. A. J. Parker had studied together, 

 the latter having previously exhibited it before the Philadelphia Neuro- 

 logical Society 1 ). He was followed by Dr. Moritz Benedikt, who des- 

 cribed three Chinese brains in the Medicinische Jahrb. for January 1887. 



x ) The brain was furnished them by Dr. Formaci. 



