Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-25
POOR BRAINS.
BRAINS OF CRIMINALS AND OF THE
lOlOTIC AND IMBEClLE.
Some AnaIogirs Observed Which Arc
Startling and Significant The Incor-
rigihIe aud Morally Insanr-The
"Jukes," of New York.

I.urrntl Chandler IN The Current
1t is not perhaps as universally under
stood that poor brains burd society v itn
lmbrrlIty and llIucy not only, but with
Crlm.nallty a. well Enlightenment ha,
wonderfully modified the estimate of the
root OF evil in humanity. and that the hu
man heart Is by nature desperately
wicked Is. If not an ah-Olctc Tenet quite
irali article of bcicf and well nigh gone
to pieces a~ basis If Clhl i. or religious
teaching The study of poor brains is
helping 10 advance general intelligence to-
ward the rc-uTdurlng of society that will
eventually eliminate them At the VA.
uunal ontrrcncr of haritir~. held at Il
Louis last tCtOhcr Dr | y Merlin 81
pcrintruirut OF the Institute for idrouc
and Feeble Minded hildrrn in EIw,n.
Pa. real a most valuable paper upoa
Provision for ldioIiC and Feeble Minded
[ hiidrcn All Interesting ami highly
suggestive point referred to Is the simil-
artv Of brain in idiots and criminals
To further establish doubt a> "a our
present Interpretation of the nature and
origin of crime, n considers the researches
Of paIholog ST. More Bencdikt ">,gui
ficant In his published "Anat meal
study of the Brains of Criminals a.c
described The convulutiOnS of twenty two
brains lie touni in these II marked y .cu.
harlty. tendency OF the principal assures
10 run into each other. producing wh.u lac
turns "Con ucnt tissue 4 pc not for
nation OF nrw assures hy the drlclOr.
mrn' Of rev COnyuIutiOn> ia the cutting
up of comparatively SImpf" series #
cDnVoiution> by the formation Of >ccund-
iry assures or the prolongar on OF those
-ually existing beyond the normal limu,.
thus di~linCtINcIy altering the normal tor
nation OF the surface the active. part of
the brain.
Hardly an idiotic brain has been cN-
amined. says DR.. hcriu. in the tain
ing school, which does not sh " this
departure from what is regarded A. the
normal type. and in many of them to
marked degree " corresponding Oh>rr-
Nauons, he continues, with the same
results. have been made by Dr Mills. of
Philadelphia. and by foreign Observers.
showing very decided analrg gicS between
the brains Of criminals and the brains of
ldi"tlc and imh"rilc persons not under
criminal accusation.
Are the rc.ation of poor brains TO these
dangers and the humane and elective
management Of criminals. not problems
on which the most vital ISSUES hiu-c? r
Thomas of Chicago. recently testified
that society Is not protected nor Grim
mails reformed under our renal y stem -
which statement needs no crn rmation
" hat can more surely accomplish the
protection Of society than to prevent the
raising of criminals.
In Scotland movement has been in
auCuralcd toward life confinement OF the
uCOrrigiblc morally insane and imhcc .lr
classes, that their propagation >haI
cease "bf q OO' prisoners examined in
Scotland. by competent authority y per
Ccntum exhibited decided mcnIai weak
ness inGcTent, Mt # those who became
actually insane
l,r kcrlln, il commenting upon the
notorious luke family whose ,Ot de
>ccndauts burdeued the state of New
\ Ork for six generations. SAYS Had il
not been too early in the history of Sc
ielv. il is fairly presumplive that the
iwentv- one grandchildren of Max and Aua
luke the founders Of this line Of Grim
inals, pauperS and prostitutes might
have cen recognized a unit members,
and very consistently with the pubic wei
falc and their own hesI interests. have
been detained for The better part ot their
lives in 'ai.s or S,qure,crrd in a>yium>
He counts the general mental euiccb.c
nrnJ Of the whole luke race such that
only profound cases of idiocy could pro-
rude themselves into recognition Il owe
he ow and scnsuous level OF this stock
Df half wits
To eliminate poor brains must be con
'idercd a vital and paramount seryi,c If
he stale may Srguc~ter criminals for the
,afcty of society. and >cIucstrr Ihc insane.
mbcCilc and idiotiC for their own protrc.
ion the neat step in order is to summon
,cienre and study TO ascertain The aNcrtible
auscs # idiocy. insanity and crime