Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-17
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Knight before the bar and the four
were sworn by the clerk of the court.

Ntlt oN VI IL w In SiNAN VI 'iiS OON'N'
The first of the expert medical wit
nesses was DR.. Frederick II. Gerrish of
Portland The witness was examined
as to his qualifications to give testi-
mony as an expert in medicine, anat-
omy and more particularly the anatomy
of the brain. The witness occupied the
chair of anatomy of the medical depart
ment of Bowdoin College for "a years
and at present is a member of the med
ical faculty as professor of surgery.
The witness testified that he was the
author and editor of "GerriSh'S Anat-
omy," u text book recognized as one
OF the leading authorities.
The witness was required to give a
description of the human brain, includ-
ing the several parts and their respec-
tive functions. The testimony Of DR..
Gerrish, at the beginning, was very
general and consisted of general in
formation The witness said that he
had examined the blood stains upon the
wallpaper of the Cooper dining-room
and while he could not state positively,
lit was his opinion that the blood
was from a squirting artery; arterial
blood stains. therefore. The character
isticS of squirting artery were describ-
ed to some length by the witness.
Witness said that he had examined
the skull of Charles ID. Northy, Jr.,
and gave his opinion as to what ar
teries on the exterior of the skull would
be cut by bullet following the course
taken by the bullet in its entrance and
exit from the cxibit skull The Wit
ness gave it as his opinion that the
middle cerebral artery. a main blood
vessel of the brain, would be cut by
an object passing clean through both
hemisphereS of the organ.
Witness said that the human brain
fitted into the bTain-case. or skull, very
closely. Witness said that the skull
Of Northy was not quite complete as it
had been deprived of certain Of the
softer bony portions, during the pro-
c"ss of preparation. and it did not,
therefore, furnish a perfect illustration
for a human skull Of brain-case in
natural state. The witness said that
no brain could properly fit into any
other skull than the one from which it
was originally taken.
For greater part. the testimony of
this witness appeared to be somewhat
contradictory to that given by some
of the governments medical expert
witnesses, and more particularly, Prof.
Whittier and DR.. Sturtevant. The lat
ter gave it as his opinion when he was
under examination that plastic re-
production of Northy's brain could be
made by reference to the exhibit
skull. DR.. Gerrish said that this was
out of the question.
The witness said that he had made
q close examination Of the human
brain used by the government Witness
Prof Whittier, and measurements had
been taken, which were given and re-
corded upon the report. The meas
urements of the interior of the skull of
Charles Northy We're also given and
there appeared to be very material
difference between the two.
Measurements of the same brain talk
en- by DIR. 0. S. c. Davies. a witness for
the defence, who was in attendance at
court yesterday afternoon, were taken
from memoranda, and inserted in the
records. Witness said that he did not
attempt to insert the formalin brain
into the exhibit skull of Northy. and he
did not make any attempt to perform
experiments with either. Witness said
that in his opinion, the formalin brain
used as an exhibit was not a fit at all
for the exhibit skull.
This testimony was directly contra
dictory to the testimony of Prof. Whit
tier, who said on the stand. while he
was under examination, that the brain
was a good fit for the exhibit skull.
The witness said that the brain was not
even reasonably" good fit for the
exhibit skull. especially for the purpose
of conducting exhibits or experiments
to determine point by mechanical
calculation.
Court adjourned at o'clock until
,. 30 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Winston Churchill, the English au-