1240 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
It would hardly be .possible to conceive two men so absolutely 
different both in temperament and in physical characters as the 
two Leipzig colleagues : Braune, big, bluff, hearty and almost 
boisterous in manner; His, tall, spare, and dark, with a sharp 
sallow face, keen black eyes, and a narrow but good forehead. He 
was diffident and restrained in manner, and it was only with those 
whom he knew well that he appeared at his best.* 
No anatomist of our time has wielded so wide an influence 
within the limits of his own subject. Students came to his 
laboratory from all parts of the Continent, from Great Britain, and 
from America. All who came with the right spirit were made 
heartily welcome and received every encouragement and help in 
their work. At the same time, Professor His possessed none of 
that grace and ease of expression which distinguishes his devoted 
friend and colleague, Professor Waldeyer of Berlin, none of the 
impressive lucidity which is characteristic of the teaching of Sir 
William Turner. Still, he had those qualities which caught the 
attention and aroused the enthusiasm of his students, and great 
results followed. Many of his pupils, perhaps chiefly those in 
America, are now doing excellent work on their own account. 
He died on the 1st of May last after a painful illness, borne with 
the most patient fortitude. To the last his mind was in his work. 
He was deeply interested in the International Committee which 
had been appointed with the view of organising a combined effort 
in brain research. He was the chairman of this Committee, and had 
summoned by his own hand, in April, a meeting to be held in London 
on the 24th of May. Alas ! he was not there to greet his colleagues. 
* When Professor His visited Dublin in 1898 he was measured in the 
Anthropometrical Laboratory of the Anatomical Department. The following 
■are the measurements which were obtained : — 
Stature ........ 1722 mm. 
Circumference of head ..... 553 
Cranial length . . . . . . .197 
Cranial breadth 157 
Cranial height . . . . . . .140 
Cephalic index . . . . . . . 79*7 
The average cranial height for adult males in Ireland is somewhere about 
131 *3, and for a group of thirty-six anatomists, measured at the same time as 
Professor His, 133 '4. 
