MUSEUM OF BRAINS
A unique institute has been founded in Vienna—a collection of the brains of famous persons, artists, scientists, writers, composers, etc., which are to be shown under glass at the new museum managed by Professor Economo. There will bo sufficient space for exhibiting the brains of about 1000 persons, wh-o are to leave them to the institute by will for the sake of research work. Professor Economo is appealing to leading men of intellectual ability to enrich his collection. The measurement of weight will form an important part, of the Museum’s task. The average brain of the Caucasian race weighs 1367 grammes (man), 1206 grammes (woman). Persons of extraordinary gifts have heavier brains; Kant’s weighed 1650 grammes, Byron’s 1807, and Turgenieff ’s 2012. However, the process is not quite reliable, for the record was made by an epileptic, idiot, whose brains weighed as much as 2850
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 147, 24 June 1931, Page 8
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