The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-01 00:00:00

TEL ITALIAN RAILWAY TUNNEL.

it is opened by the tunnel, trough Piedmont, the
Emilian provinces, and the straight coast line of the
Marches and of the old Neapolitan territories, as
far perhaps as Brindisi, which looks right into the
Levant.

BRAINS OF MEN OF GBNIc7S•

In my letter published in the Kerry Star of July
3d, I stated, when noticing the death of Lord Camp-
bell, that there was no post-mortem examination,
but I think there ought to have been, and such is 4
•
the opinion of the first medical men in London. I
have just learned that there really was a very care-
ful examination of the body, and the report
vhen
published in extenso will be read with interest.
learned to-day some of the particulars. In the first
place, the brain was of considerable size and re-
markably healthy ; its weight was 53 ounce:; and,
quarter ; the heart was considerably (hypertropill
enlarged with atheromatous deposits in the Va' yes
of the aorta, commonly known as valvular disease
of the heart—the right side of the heart was quite
empty, but the left side full of blood. The liver
uree
was enlarged and full of cysts. There is one feat
connected with the case of Lord Campbell of 011!
importance. It is the enormous size of the brafu 111
a perfectly healthy state in a man, such as li°T
Campbell, of 80 years of age, who had gone througli
more hard drudgery and plodding brain-work °au
any other man of modern times. There are only VI
cases on record of brains being larger than that °
the late Lord High Chancellor of England ; the
first is that of Cuvier, the great naturalist, 'O%l
brain weighed 59 ounces four drachms and u.
grains ; the next is that of Dupuytren, the faro°ll,"
French surgeon, weighing 58 ounces, but in hal'
cases the brain natter was found in a state of
male
ease. The general weight of the brains of Mal
adults in Europe varies from 40 to 52 ounces, and
the brains o females are usually four W eight
ounces less in weight than those of males, and it is
singular to observe that there is not one case on re-
cord of a female brain weighing more than 48
ounces. Another circumstance I wish more par-
ticularly at present to bring under the notice of the
psychologist of, not only Kerry, but of Munster, is
that here in En gland the brains of the Southern pope;
lation are much smaller than those of the North.
learned a short time since that a very large manufac-
turer in London sends all his large hats to the
north of England for sale. Another peculiar cir-
cumstance regarding this cerebral development is
that on the north-east coast of Scotland the cere-
brum or cerebellum or brain matter is in Inue'
greater abundance with individuals residing in th°se
localities than, not only the other parts of Seotlanur
but of anywhere else. Now, Lord Campbell, 01'
well as Sir David Wilkie, and others of great vent°
capacity, were natives of Fifeshire, and it is curious
to make opt how locality could influence sech,fl
peculiar development. The size and fulness of t'f
cranii peculiar to the residents in those parts 0
Scotland, is sought by some to be accounted for fr°lll
the circumstance that the Danes, Norsemen, °,,
Scandinavians, who had centuries ago invaded the!„'
parts and settled there, had left numerous offsPrinb;
and that the old people inhabiting the north-es "
coast of Scotland preserve all the characters of these
invaders. The brains of a great majority of the
people in the western counties of England en
especially about Somersetshire are small, aetlf„,,a:
compared with others not of much weight.
average weight of the brains of those dying in
Somersetshire Asylum is 30oz. In men with Eel%
bnins, however, fine qualities are to be observe"'
and a great amount of genius.—London Corresios.
I dent of Kerry Star.