The morning times., 1896-12-12
DR.. W|NSLOu'S QUEER WILL
Wanted Her Body Disseeted
and Skeleton Mounted.
But IT WAS CREMATED
This Was I'm Accordance With
Later Testament Which Per-
mitted the Alternative-Her Per-
sonai Property and business Left
To Friends and Relatives.

The skeleton of the late Dir. Caroline
Brown Winslow was Dy Lcr will to be AN
obseC, lesson in pcrpctuily To the pupils of
the Minor School.
Tuis singular disposition OF the bones of
the physician, whose life and services Were
written of recently in The Times, was
coupled with an equally strange direction
that her body be gwen as subject for
dissection by female medical student
AT Howard University.
Tlese two facts appear in the latest
will OF DR.. Winslow, which was filed for
probate yesterday afternoon. The desire
of the tesl ator is not dying fancy, be-
cause these directions were committed
topaper twenty years ago, ana for reasons
winch appear 10 commend themselves 10
the public
FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
As To the dissection OF her body, DR..
WlnSlow says in Ter Will that the laws
of the country require every medical stu
dent To dissect one human body before
such student can receive diploma for
practice IIiaSmuch, however, as bodies
cannot be obtained iceitinIatcly for such
purpose except by bequest or purchase,
she makes this sacrifice OF her corpse Tor
scientific and charitable purposes.
-
is that in case Howard University y does
not accept the body for the purposes men
toned. the remains shall be crematcd but
tnat the ashes instead of being kept in
one cincrary urn, as was the ancient Gus
tom, shall be distributed among the sur
Yiving friends according 10 their desire.
Tire VIII from which these extracts are
made Is without date, but is Endorsed by
her husband, Austin EinS!ow, September
Of % nf lr
however, as usual, have been filcO, ana
il appears by one dated ia 1877 tiau she
had concluded 10 devote her skeleton 10
the cause OF science at the Minor Normal
School and that the dissection should be
provided for as in The latest will The
cremation idea and the dist irritation OF
tie as.irs are resolutions 81 The later date.
HER BODY CREMATED.
In 1877 tie teStatOr had bcqueathed a
certain property. drug store, to Edgar
J. Mcpherson, but in the following year,
hy oualcil, changed So .ift "t the prop
erty 10 the Homeopathic Hospital. To be
founded 10y Edgar and Mary .lanncy. TIE
reason assigned fyr l.:iS is characteristic
of the-struGgIe made by Dir. WiHslow for
the advancement and defense OF her sex
the change, She said. was IA protest
aGiin>, lnaSculinein5ustice assumption. and
1t was learned yesterday that the VIII
of Or. NinslOw was oarried cut in the al
tentative OF her directions which per
mitted the body t. be Crcmated
Dr. and Mrs.. Edgar .Ianney are named As
executors. The viii Is not dated but Is
iufor>ed by her husband. Austin W1Gslt y,
September s. 1896. To Mrs Mary b.
Jannty. ricce. Il bcqueathcd all house
hold furniture. and 70 nr Janrey and Dr.
GTace Roberts is l"fi the medical nnrary.
All jewelry is given 10 Mrs. Mary I
Hnppcrton, Anna T. Ropperton, and Mary
@. Janney, 10 whom is also left the dwell
ing OF the deceased. at = Iowa Circle
and the building at No. ! Grant Place.
Mr.. Elizabeth Il. Shepherd of Hi!lhurSt,
Washington, is 60 have the Alpha, pub
Hcation, conducted by DIR. Winslow. and the
latter'S husband is bequeathed $50 per
month during life.