The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-12
A COLLECTION OF BRAINS.
New York World.

New York World.
The finest collection of brains of all classes and
kinds in this country is the property of DIR. f. e.
Spitzka. The top floor of his residence, at ZIP
Lexington avenue, has been converted into light
and we'll ventilated laboratory, and here a World
reporter was allowed TO examine some of the many
specimens and ask questions.
DR.. Spitzka the physician who examined
Guiteau to his sanity before his trial. and who
dissected his brain after he was hanged "A portion
of Guiteau's brain is now in his possession. When
it was mentioned to DR.. Spitzka that many people
still believed Guiteau to have been a victim of
insanity, he stated that nsanity impossible in
Guiteaus case, and was proved atterward by dis
secting his BRAIN By way OF demonstration DIR.
Spitzka exhibited a couple of maltormed brains
The first one is that of an insane person who was
hanged for murder, the other is the brain of
young girl who witnessed a railroad accident at
White Plains some years ago, in which her mother
was run over and killed by the The shock
unbalanced her mind, and she was insane until
death came to her relief Both of these brains are
lopsided or crooked One side of each is enlarged
and the spinal cord is seemingly misplaced. The
brain being "unbalanced," the mind of each was
unbalanced in proportion. Guiteaus brain had no
such defects and was in a healthy conditiOn-not a
single trace of insanity found.
The brain of the late lamented Mr. Crowley, of
Central park, is in hardening preparation at pres
ent. It will be put through three or four other
solutions after being taken from this and when
sufficiently hard will be sliced and put between
and made transparent, ready for microscopic
DR.. Spitzka has about thirty thousand specimens
for microscopic use that have been hardened and
prepared in this manner The monstrous brain of
the elephant that shot at the park for vicious
ness some time ago is here Next to the whale the
elephant has the largest known brain. The brain
of this elephant weighed several pounds. notice
able feature about the brain of the elephant is the
comparative enlargement of the convoutions which
controlled the motion of the trunk and which In
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Singular things are sometimes left by dying
friends to those who remain to mourn for them. A
we'll known and celebrated physician who died
short time ago willed to DR.. SpitZka his brain.
The doctor reverently looked at the brain of his
brother physician he spoke of this strange be-
quest. A companion brain to this is that of for
mer New York assembyman. There is consider
able difference in the construction of these brains
that of the physician being the more finely convo-
luted. row of glass jars contains brains of dit
ferent animals, from the lowest orders TO those of
the chimpanZee, which stands next to that of man.
These jars are placed on marble shelf at one side
of the laboratory and are in systematic order
according to the intelligence of the animal whose
brain each contains Snakes tiny BRAINS alligators
brains without regard for the size of its mouth,
nature has endowed the alligator with exceed
ingly small brain), armadillos brains, sea lions,
dolphins, whales, hyenas, lions tigers, leopards,
bears, civet cats, chimpanzeee orang -outangs and
various other specimens of the monkey tribe, even
down to the midget, have their intelligent stand
ing recorded here One noticeable thing about this
arrangement is that the part of the brain which
contains the sense of smelling is highly developed
in the lowest orders, gradually decreasing as intel
hgence increases and in man Is scarcely percepti-
BILE. The brain of women stands at the head, being
heavier than that of man. However, woman's
brain has less power of application. The brain of
the negro Is Of an inferior type.
Among the microscopic collection was q speci-
man OF the brain OF woman who had died OF