Daily globe., 1879-06-04
oa1o,s ECCENTRIC MAN.

OHIO,S ECCENTRIC MIN.
The person whose individuality is so pc
cullar and emphatic as to be pronounced
eccentric" is oftentimes source of much
during life to the common
place wiseacres-but it now appears that
after death queer person can be much
more battling to scientists. Prof. Vaughn,
Of Cincinnati, who died recently, was con-
sidered the most eccentric individual in
Ohio, yet the Commercial says of the post
mortem examination. of his brain, "There
was nothing remarkable discovered. The
brain presented a perfectly normal appear
ance, and weighed ffty-five ounces. The
were deep, q fact recognized by
science as indicative of intellectual power.
The cerebrum was largely in excess Of the
cerebellum- the latter being notably small,
as one would naturally expect it to be in the
case of man whose whole being was alb
sorbed in intellectual pursuits" This en-
bodied the result of the autopsy of the
brain, wherein these experts expected to find
the quips and cranks in the mental machin-
cry which caused such fantastic deviations
from conventional behavior. Instead of the
anticipated cerebral erotchets, the "convolu-
tions'' were deep-a scientific proof of in
tsllectual power-and one can imagine those
learned gentlemen laying aside their SAWS
aud knives, and just apostrophising that
tantalizing cranium as Hamlet did Yorick's
skull, with no scientific terms to aggravate
their ignorance of its vital oddities. It re-
suits in about the same bewilderment, for
they didn't grasp the secret of the gray mat
ter of the brain, which, during it's ami
mate career had SO disturbed the lamented
professors personal equation. Perhaps this
gentleman, considered the most eccentric
person in Ohio, had no pertinacious aspira.
ton for political office-a fact sufficiently
down as insanity during life and calling for
an autopsy after death. We are informed
that his whole being was absorbed in intel
lectual pursuits, and that alone, in an at
mosphere where fat Offices are the birthright
of every citizen, was reprehensible de-
parture from public anticipation. No
wonder they fell upon him after death, de-
termined to cut and saw into the secret Of
such occentricity, and they only find indica-
tions of intellectual power better than the
average orthodox brain possesses, which is
never tempted to any skittish devia-
tions from the conventional jog-trot
And SO this poor professor must remain an
impenetrable mystery in spite of anatomists
and pathologists. There is only one CLEAN
of consolation in these brain experiments
and examinations, which is the theory o1
some scientists that the brain and the vital
principles are separable without causing
death. OF course removing the brain from
the skull would remove intelligence, but
death would not ensue, and the consolation
to be derived from these revelations is that
ono might be divested of the cause of &C
many errors, failures and eccentricities.' y
Draining one might then bs performed wi6t
ease and safety in this new scientific dispen'
sation, and perhaps there could be such 9
thing as the transfer of brain before deatt
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would be willing to dispense with his Owl
that humanity might have the "survival o.
the fttest."
Unfortunately it takes time to ground
these discoveries and theories, and in in
stances of the kind just mentioned there il
reprehensible cowardice in the world ct.
try it on until the thing is positive sue
cess. Meanwhile every one will be satisfied
with his own brain full, though it be o
WITNESSES and uncomfortable Irregularities
Vivisectors claim that the sounds givel
out by the heart of an ass are identical will
those of the human heart, but the invidiou
might urge that the similarly sympatheti
ear became aware of the fact. All sign
failed to give the clue to Prof. Vaughn's elu
sive eccentricity. The secret perished witt
him, and the solution must stand that he wa
an Ohio man; that he was not politician il
lucrative standing, therefore he was alarm
ingly "eccentric," and required an autops
directly after death to satisfy the Oincinnat
public, which is now more puzzled than eve
in learning that the brain was in a perfectl
n ormal condition.