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ANATOLE FRANCE’S BRAIN, ’ ''
COMPARABLE TO CLOCKWORK.
(Received 9. a.m.) - PARIS, November'S.
Drs Duibreuil Chambardel, and. Louis;; . who in 1922 held a post mortem exam-/, ination of the brain of .Aniitple.;, France, similar to the circumstances of Goethe, Byron and Gaihbetta, today ■* disclosed the result to the Academy Medicine. The weight was :ohly,;L.3sT. ounces, 12 ounces below. they pointed out this li'ad ip iation to the intellect. -. ..
Anatole Prance’s special • ■jicenUfm." l . ties caused a marked increase in the ;
area of grey matter, so that otherwise * what was lost in weight was gained, in ; content. The doctors concluded that the shape of the brain was 1 being comparable to certain Louis „ clocks, containing mechanism of per---feet precision.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 10 November 1927, Page 5
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