Class-book of physiology : for the use of schools and families : comprising the structure and functions of the organs of man, illustrated by comparative reference to those of inferior animals . of much largerbrain, but whose system is sluggish and inert. But of twomen alike in temperament, and having the same generalconfiguration of head, it cannot be doubted that the onewith the larger brain will surpass the other. It is a strik-ing fact, that almost all those persons who have beeneminent for their acquirements, or for the influence oftheir talents over their fellow-men, have had large brains
Class-book of physiology : for the use of schools and families : comprising the structure and functions of the organs of man, illustrated by comparative reference to those of inferior animals . of much largerbrain, but whose system is sluggish and inert. But of twomen alike in temperament, and having the same generalconfiguration of head, it cannot be doubted that the onewith the larger brain will surpass the other. It is a strik-ing fact, that almost all those persons who have beeneminent for their acquirements, or for the influence oftheir talents over their fellow-men, have had large was the case, for example, with Newton, Byron,Cuvier, Cromwell, and Napoleon. The average weight ofthe brain is about three pounds two ounces. That ofCuvier weighed four pounds eleven and a half ounces, andthose of Byron and Cromwell are said (though the fact isdoubtful) to have weighed nearly six pounds. In idiots,on the contrary, the brain is usually very small—in someinstances weighing only one and a half pounds. 315. The size of the brain may be pretty correctlyestimated by the facial angle. This angle is obtained bydrawing a horizontal line (c, d, Jigs. 49 and 50) from the.
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