The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-04


cana " and ''Crania, Egyptieana, de-
scriptive of the characteristics Of
the sllnlls Of the two races, DR.
Morton evolved the theory that race
supremacy depended upon the cubic
inches of brain space, rather than upon
education, climate or war-like char
seter He set about forming the
greatest collection of skulls that had
ever been gotten together. In America
be secured skulls of lis Toltecan In
dians, and 161 Indians of other tribes.
To get skulls Of the FIVE great races
he visited various countries, rihing the
Pyramids and Phoenician tombs, as
we'll as the temples of the Incas. He
collected, altogether, 1000 human
skulls, as we'll as 700 Of mammals, fish
and reptiles He became so familiar
with skulls of the various races that
when an acquaintance, seeking to test
his knowledge, sent him n skull
anonymously, he promptly labelled it
"Phoenician, Afterward he learned
that he was right 1t had been ex.
Morton found that the Teutonic race,
including German English and Anglo
Americans. had skull space of ninety,
two cubic inches, and Hottentots only
seventy.iiye cubic inches Between the
highest and lowest were Celtic, eighty
seven cubic inches: Malay, eighty
five; Chinese, eighty-two; African
negro, eighty-threc; North American
Indian, eighty-four, and Toltecan In
dian, seventy Tracing the his
tory of the races. he proved to his
satisfaction that cranial capacity had
always meant race dominance. An ex-
ample was the retreat of the
Toltecans before the barbarous In
dians, despite the superior civilization
of the former. Another was the
fusion of the swarthy Caucasians in
Central and South American countries
with Indians of the same brain space
and their resultant degeneration The
Anglo-Saxons, with the largest brain
space, declined to amalgamate with the
North American Indians, and drove
them from the soil.
A busy practicing physician of this
century who is no less a student than
Mitchell OF Philadelphia. now IS years
old. DR.. Mitchell, aside from having
won international fame as specialist
IN nervous diseases, has been an author
or note Tor many years. He wrote,
''Hugh Wynne," one of the most
popular American novels. Or. Mitchell
practices his speciality most of the
year. His vacations are spent in the
woods, and he rests by writing in the
open air. After having written
upon medical subjects,
DR., Mitchell turned to fiction, and dur
ing the Civil War wrote such fanciful
'.The Wonderful Stories of Fuz Buz.
The Fly, and Mother Grabom, the
Spider, ~ ''Prince Littleboy and Other
Tales from Fairyland,' as well as
poems and novels. Dr. Mitchell is
more than six feet tall. wears a full
beard, and is considered very much
bike the poet, Browning, in appearance
His patients have come from all parts
OF America and foreign countries.
The late Bill Nye once said that ev.
eryone who ever amounted TO anything
IN America was once a poor boy, with
The exception of Dr. Mary Walker.
There. have been, however, not a few
American physicians and surgeons of
note who have come from the higher
walks of life. Dr. Jerome X Bauduy
OF st. Louis, who was born in Cuba in
lS4D, is grandson of Pierre. the ONLY
brother OF Alexapder Bauduy who bore
the title of Baron de Bauduy, serving
under Napoleon /, and dying a general
in the service Of France. DR.. Bauduy
and the University of Lou,
vain, Belgium. When the Civil war was
declared he Joined the army of the Po-
tomac, and was in the battle of Bull
Run. He was afterward transferred to
the army OF Cumberland and attached
to< the personal staff of Major General
kosecrans- He is a member of many
medical societies, and has occupied
many important positions as lecturer
Il A,l i
is also the author of many important
TO medical literature.
DR.. Edward Dram Shakespeare of
Rosemont, Pennsylvania, is descended
from Edmund Shakespeare, brother of
William Shakespeare, while, through his
grandmother, he descended from ''The
Lords of the Isles y and the Thames Of
Argyle and kintyre. Through his
mother, who was Catherine Haman, he
inherlts the blood of the ancient barons
of Chevequer and Gotham. DR.. Shakes.
peare was the physician who discovered
during the typhoid fever epidemic a few
years ago at Wyoming valley. near
that the disease came from
the pollution of the supply Of mountain
water through the careless handling of
1ne patient the preceding winter He
was afterward sent by the United
1LdISS OoNcl uHenI To SPAN To study
cholera aud make report to Congress.
DR., Miles Standish of Boston is
another American physician of dis
guished lineage, He is descendant OF
hc Pilgrim captain who came over in
,he Mayhower IN 1920.
A blooded Grisbman, who won fame a
IN American physician, was William
lanes Macneven, a nephew of Baron !
Nacneven. He was born in County |
Galway, and was prominent in Irish az |
airs. Among his friends on the other !
,lde were Lord Edward Fitzgerald, |
Robert Emmett, and other notable Irish
men. Macnevcn spoke Gaelic and trans.
ated the works of Ossan from that
anguage. He held that Scotland was
colonizcd by Ireland. He came |
% the United States for a visit and |
happened to arrive in New York during |
he celebration of Independence day, |
July 4. 1904 The abandon and hiIari, |
" exhibited by the Americans during |
he day made such an appeal TO his !
IRISH blood that he decided to live in |
his country, He was prominent in the /
Irpac cholera npht IN Now Norly N, |