Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-08

are absent and IN others they are often ~
numerous than they were found 20 be In this pas.
| usnisr brain: nnally, that they were associataI
with abnormal conditions OF the blood vessels an6.
OF ,ne cellular elements OF the brain
4 IN CONCLUSION, your committee have no heGtnn.-
unquestionabie evidence OF decided Chronic ais,
ease OF the minute blood vessels In numeron1
| minute difrused areas, accompanied nv aissrsS
lonS OF the cellular elements In the specimens a
the LESSONS found were most marked in the cor me-
stratum and In the frontal region OF the cere6rol
ions Or fes tee nss sTs,n very GSse pervaded all
They are OF the opinion that all OF the les, -: 2,
oe recognized In the sections nl.cssi IN their hand
TO- regret that IL has not been possible TO sub.
lect the tissue TO all the tests which might deter.
mine l1 the nature beyond peradventure OF the So
They have not been called upon % pass upon
the bearing the LESSONS found might have upon
the state OF the subjects mind, and therefore %
| not oner an opinion.
Respectfully submitted.
J. VS.. ARSoLp
EO. SHAKEsPEARK
y. c. MCCONNELL.
MEAsUREMENTs OF THE SKULL
Dr. Lamb Furnishes the following measurements
or Gutteau'S skull: Uranium OF n male age nearly
A. Internal capacity, 1880 &C; length, is2 M.
m; [; breadth, IA nm. ; breadth OF front. o. ana
lS mm.; heigth, 1SS nm; index OF foramen
magnum IS NM; frontal arch, 2ao m m. /; parietal
arch, S23 m.m.; occipital arch, 243 m m; ionQt-
tudinal arch, $50 m. m.; circumference, 5si M m
bone, ls5 m.m length OF occipitai bone lss M m:
IsOmatic diameter, l2S MN facial angle, 10:
SKULL unacceptable.
GUrTEAU WAS SANE ENOUGH TO HANG
In discussing the findings OF the report the yeff.
cal Ne,rs says editorially: From the pont OF the
ments' condition. the greatest interest attaches IN
the examination OF the different LAYERS OF the
cortex Sane thinning OF the first layer was noted
and more or less cellular hyperplasia Sane
granular degeneration OF the walls OF the
vessel was discovered In the second fourth ana
NTH layers la this region, Also there was more
or less augmentation OF the cells and lymphoId
cells were contained In the interior cellular spaces
but the anatomical elements We're for the most
part present trophic degeneration to any
marked extent we do not ind to have taken place.
NOTWITHSTANDING We admit the existence of the
vacuoes observed at various points The changes
just referred were most marked In the anterior
portion OF the gray cerebral NATTER but were GEN.
orally diffused, although less fn amount- as the
poSteriorly.
As the anatomical elements WERE for the most
part, In their usual form and position, although
somewhat changed by pigmentatIon by the pres
ence OF lymphOid cells. etc, and as there were
only I'm the dura MATER but doubtful evidences OF
any ln11ammatory action OF a chronic type, we are
!ed 10 the conclusion that the changes revealed by
the microscope, although. as stated In the report
chronic in type, are recent In origin. such an
amount OF granular degeneration OF the vessels as
mere described may be effected In the brief space
or time in which such changes are wrought In
acute PHOSPHORUS poisoning.
Ruiot apart from tne tlule In which these Struc-
tural Changes have occurred is the question OF
their influence on the mental states. AS marked
Gegree OF double optic neuritis may co-exist with
preservation OF quite sufficient acuteness OF vision
lor all ordinary purposes, so considerable changes
OF the organic substratum may coincide with fairly
good intellectual powers In the case or Gulteay
sane changes are discovered, on microscopical ex-
animation, but do they necessarily imply a degree
ol mental weakness incapable OF distinguishing
between right and wrong? We hold that they do
not Furthermore, these changes are, we believe,
recent In origin. Therefore, they hardly involve
the question or his moral responsibility anterior
and up to the commission OF his crime They con.
stltute the initial stage OF a malady which, In its
FULLEST development, is known as dementia paraly.
tlca, or an allied disease, the early symptoms OF
which disorder correspond closely with the mental
condltion OF Guiteau during the past year.
AS, however, extensive lesionSSf the brain are
not compatible with a normal exercise OF the in
tellectua f2cuites, it follows that the mere struc.
tural changes OF the organic substraum cannot be
safely int rpreted alone. The clinical history
must be studied In connection with the alterations
In the cerebral structure. If pursue this logi-
Cal courS We can be conducted TO but one conclu.
sion: That, although Gulteau was not strictly
normal in respect TO the condition OF the organic
substratuin q the mind, and In respect 10 its
symptomauc expression, he was, nevertheless. a
responsible agent In that he had clear cen cep-
tlon or the distinction between right and wrany.
ana realized the nature or the crime and It's pun
lShment There is, therefore, I'm the mcrosct pical
revelations no reason for changing the op Mon
which we originally expressed. that Guiteau, an
abnormal character justly suffered the penalty Of
the law Tor the high crime he had committed.