Abstract
The brain of the distinguished mathematician, Mr. Charles Babbage, was under special instruction removed by Sir Thomas Smith and placed in the care of the Hunterian Trustees, at whose request the following report on the specimen has been prepared. The whole brain is small, shrunk by prolonged immersion (36 years) in alcohol, which renders the outlines of the sulci difficult to photograph, but it has been beautifully preserved in the Hunterian Museum. Its examination was greatly facilitated by the kind assistance and advice of the late Professor Charles Stewart, F. R. S., Curator of the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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