658 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



V. — Demography. 

 (1) Anthropometry, (2) Medical Geography. 



VI. — Bibliography. 



(1) Books, (2) Maps, (3) Charts, etc. 



The first section of the first division was autopsy, and with it cere- 

 bral inorhology. Here were displayed the brains of the following 

 gentlemen who had belonged to the society of autopsy, and as such 

 their brains had been dissected in the laboratory. The peculiarities 

 and anatomic description were attached to each one: 



Jules Assezat, died 1876, aged 45 years. 



Louis Asseline, died 1878, aged 49 years. 



Dr. Coudereau, died 1882, aged 50 years. 



M. Gambetta. died 1882, aged 43 years. 



Dr. Adolph Bertillon, died 1883, aged 62 years. 



Gillet- Vital, died at 63 years of age. 



Charts were shown in which some of these brains were superposed, 

 notably that of Dr. Bertillon and Leon Gambetta, so that one could 

 compare them. 



In the section of cerebral morphology was displayed a chart of t ho 

 brain of decapitated assassins, of imbeciles, and anthropoid apes. 

 Another was the encephalic profile of four specimens, two gorillas, an 

 adult and one of 2 or 3 years ; two humans, an adult and an infant of 

 2 years. These various designs were made by the stereograph, and 

 were so superposed that one could see the differences between them. 

 Each one was represented, and yet one could see plainly the difference 

 between them. 



In craniology not only full tables and charts were shown, but there 

 were practical illustrations, by means of natural specimens, of the dif- 

 ferences in the cephalic index in the human race, and also the differences 

 in the different races. This made an exceedingly interesting and valu- 

 able display. There were numerous tables and charts, full of informa- 

 tion as to the cranial form, capacity, deformity, etc., of the different 

 races of men, and of as many different kinds in the same race as was 

 possible, and these compared again with the anthropoid apes. Along 

 with them were displayed the anthropometric instruments by which 

 the measurements were to be made. 



In osteology were tables and charts at great length, in great detail, 

 with many figures, giving full and complete information in relation to 

 various portions of the human skeleton : sometimes in relation to itself 

 and to other members of the same family; at other times compared 

 with those of the higher quadrupeds. 



For example, one showed the relative development of the different 

 portions of the body according to sex, race, age, and height: the rela- 

 tion between the long bones and the height of man, the method of 

 measuring the long bones and thus determining the relation between 



