San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-07
THEIR BRAINS TO SCIENCE.

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This ia the startling question that
has b.en propoupded to hundreds Of
promin ent men i'm every walk of life
within the last few days. The request
comes I'm the form OF 8 confidential
circular issued by q society newly Or
ganized for the purpose of more ad-
yanced investigation of mental
phenomena as shown by brain lorna
ton and development, and Its rela'
lions to health and disease, intellect
and Ignorance, morality and crime.
The leading brain specialists of the
country have for long time desired
that it should be the general custom
for the brains OF men and women VINO
become IN any way famous during
life to be dlss6cfed and examined ana
the results put Oh record. But 1T was
not until lately thai they have seen
their way Clear TO = bringing this
about. Now they hope to make the
custom general through the medium
of the special society which is being
organized.
The members of the society agree to
allow an autopsy to be performed
after their deaths. They give full
permission to the specialists to pre-
serve and handle their brains in any
way thew please, and to record their
observations. The specialists find no
difficulty in getting the brains of men
and women of average and low-grade
intelligence. and already many start
ling discoveries have been made by
systematic examination of brains of
that class. The brains of idiots have
also been studied, both In this cOun-
try and abroad, and the fact is gen.
eralIy known that they show less de.
yeIopment than the brains of average
men. or men of great intelligence.
Naturally famous people place a
higher yalI,e on their brains than do
|,ot6ers. The thought of dissection is
more repugnant to people the higher
their intelligence. Hence. when the
snecialists sent le tiers TO a number of
we'll known men. asking if thew would
allow their brains TO he examined if
others would i'm any great number,
the RESPONSES received were unex.
pectedIy hearty. The formation
of a society was undertaken at
once. The society already has
a long list of man and
women Who have given their consent,
and is waiting to hear from several
hundred others in this country and
abroad The list will not be made
pubIic. 1t is known, however. that
PhiIlips Brooks is one clergyman on
the LIST while Chauncey M Denew
LANES G. Blaine. DIR. r. Heber New,
ton and others are among those who
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