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related to anthropology. The rules governing this are much the same 
as those of the Godard prize. 
In 1883 Monsieur Adolphe Bertillon, called Bertillon pére to recog- 
nize him from his distinguished sons, also instituted a prize, which 
should be given for the best memoir concerning anthropology, and 
notably for demography. This prize was a value of 500 francs, and is 
given under much the same rules as the foregoing. 
These prizes are all distributed under the direction of the society, 
and the days of competition are made gala days. 
Laboratory of Anthropology.—After the establishment of the Society 
of Anthropology, which served as a common ground on which the 
various scientists could meet, read papers, argue, discuss, and elaborate 
and make known their theories, it was found that the needs of this 
great science required a laboratory or workshop, in which experiments 
could be instituted and methods practiced necessary for proper scien- 
tific investigations. Broca was the first to discover this, and he insti- 
tuted such a one in his private apartment and for his own use; but it 
soon outgrew its environment. In 1876 he procured quarters in the 
Convent of the Cordeliers, which he maintained at his private 
expense. In 1868 Broca was gratified by receiving the recognition of 
his laboratory as one of those belonging to the Ecole des Hautes 
tudes. The state from that moment paid a portion of the expense, 
and gave small subsidies to Broca by which he was enabled to carry on 
his work. This was continued until the year 1876, when the School of 
Anthropology and the Laboratory were recognized by the government 
as a public utility, and received a place in the governmental budget. 
Broca directed the laboratory until his death. His various assistants 
were MM. le Docteurs Topinard, Manouvrier. At his death, Mathias 
Duval was appointed as director., 
The laboratory is organized so as to carry on the study of cranio- 
metry, anthropometry, comparative anatomy of the human race, and 
the primates. It has its halls for dissection, making casts or moulds 
for drawings and for study. Dr. Manouvrier is at present, and has 
been for several years, the principal officer in charge. There are also to 
be seen here, and used, the instruments of anthropometry which were 
largely invented by Broca, and also a collection of all the French and 
European instruments for a like purpose. 
The extent to which this laboratory is employed shows in the num- 
ber of students and the amount of work performed, which can be 
approximately understood by a list that might be given at great length, 
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