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Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1923, Page 1

BRILLIANT GRAINS. XF\Y FORM OF BEQUEST. LONDON, May 11. Professor Elliott Smith, a South Australian, who is anatomy professor at the University College, is studying the brain of an eminent scientist. This scientist died recently, and secretly bequeathed his brain for scientific, research, because he knew he was possessed of some peculiar psychological traits. He was unable to appreciate music, and had peculiar power of imagery. His thinking was not done as the result of seeing and hearing, as is the ease with normal persons. Consequently, deceased considered it worth while for someone to examine his brain, and endeavour to ascertain the cause of his mental peculiarities, fie was a brilliant man, and had a wonderful thinking capacity. 1 Professor Smith believed that the discovery of influences of abnormality would help to the understanding of the meaning of the brain, “ft is a rare bequest,” he said, “and lias been heard of in only three other eases. Tt opens up an interesting line of investigation ; hut, without a large number of brains of distinguished men, it is doflicult to expect definite results. Therefore, f would welcome further bequests in the interests of science and of the development of the faculties of future generations. “The brain of Mr W. M. Hughes, the cx-Prime Minister of Australia, and other remarkable Australians, would he excellent aids to scientific research.”