Telegram-herald., 1890-05-17

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Dr. Peterson. T-is "a Recent Iass.sixs-
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Recently the scientists 10Th IN EuTops
and America nave been giving a good
ds2l u attention q the conformation and
measurement Of the human head OF era
niOmetry as they call H.
The studies Of DR. Frederick Peterson
the insanity expert and specialist IN nery-
ous diseases. Of New York, have been
equally extensive. Their conclusions have
been reached by accurate measurements
and not By feeling bumps Or. Peterson
said 20 me.
THE FRONTAL LOBEs
"In men noted for great attainments
and intellectual capacity all the diane
ters and ares Of the skull are far above
the normal averages In other words,
their heads are larger. Ia many criminals
the diameters and arcs are below the nor
NAL average. and there is also great ab-
normality IN shape. especially in heredi
tary criminals. One side Of the head may
be larger than the other, the forehead
may retreat, or there may be some other
lack Of symmetry and proportion Often
the teeth, jaws and ears are deformed.
All the higher mental faculties are loca-
Ted in the frontal lobes Of the brain, and
these naturally have direct proportion
to the length and breadth of the fore
head. Just back Of this region are the
muscular centers and the centers for cuta-
neOus sensation.
Directly behind the ears and little
above are the centers for remembering
that which is heard, and here are un-
dOubtedly located some of the muscular
I faculties. for instance, the wonderful
memory of musical compositions, such
as was possessed by Blind Tom. The
memory Of everything seen is stored
away in the posterior lobes Of the brain;
/ therefore people of great perceptive
power and who remember well all their
perceptions will be found TO have large
( development on the back of the head.
Ii has been noted that in people born
/ blind this part of the head is smaller
than it should be. In contradistinction
to quack phrenolOgy the perceptive
power is located here in place Of Calls
philoprogenitiveness and bump Of anna
tiveness. Gall located the perceptive
power Immediately over the eve, behind
which is a cavity IN the bone containing
no brain
"The average circumference of an
adult mans skull is 20i inches and of
an adult woman's 19f inches. The aver
age length of the arc from the roof Of
the nose over the top of the head 10 the
most prominent point on the back of the
head is in man 12s inches and in the wO-
man 12t The average length of the arc
from one ear 10 the other over the high
est part Of the head is in a man 12s
inches and in a woman 12t. The aver
age posterior diameter, that is
from the middle Of the forehead in a
straight line to the hindmost part of the
head, is in a man inches and in wo-
man Ct. The average diameter through
the widest part of a mans head, from
side to side in a straight line is st inches,
and Of a woman's head 81 inches. These
are only few of the more important
measurements taken.
81 never made less than seventeen
measurements and three drawings of
each head. But in the most careful
studies sometimes from 80 to 130 sepa-
rate arcs and diameters are measured.
1t will be seen that the head of woman
is on an average smaller than that of a
man, just as her brain weighs several
ounces less. While it may be taken as a
general rule that head of large dimen-
sions is associated with unusual capa-
city in some one or other direction, it is
Of course. not always the case. One can
easily imagine. or may even have met
|, with persons with large heads who
seemed to ENJOY considerable emancipa
tiOn from the bonds of intellect; and one
can readily conceive Of mucn Of theii
brain substance being replaced by more
! ordinary tissues or substances required
10 prevent tine formation OF a vacuum
PACKING OF THE BRAIN
The skull bones may be- twice a
, thick as usual. or there may be an un
usual amount Of fluid in the cavities O
the brain and its coverings Again,
p person with a rather small head MAJ
+ have more thinking centers % the cubic
, inch Of brain than the other. less fat, les
water. less packing Of every kind. as II
the case Of Gambetta. whose brain va
rather small The word packing is al
excellent one 90 Use in this connection
for it describes the condition perfectly
= Just As delicate china OF glass vessel, ar
packed away in sawdUst. nav etc. -
. shipping. So the fragile cells containing
memories and thoughts are packed ava.
IN an enormous quantity of substance
: known as connective tissue. which cit
: fsrs relatively little from hay and saw
dust IN structure a. seen uRder the mi
T. croscore and which serves an equal
2 efficient purpose Hence an idiot IS %
cssionsIr though indeed rarely. see
4 with an unusually large head 6ut in IN
packiut ef his crauium valuable struct
ures v.rs rft out by the fhougbtles
workmen. ana only the hsv and -aviu'
2 store ed srae
e Cp te ,ar age # - the dere'9pmer
Z q a msr ..aU depends oa h.- -iuc'