Die Grosshirnrinde des Menschen in ihren Massen und in ihrem Fasergehalt, by Prosektor Dr. Theodor Kaes / reviewed by Henry H. Donaldson.

  • Donaldson, Henry Herbert, 1857-1938.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Die Grosshirnrinde des Menschen in ihren Massen und in ihrem Fasergehalt, by Prosektor Dr. Theodor Kaes / reviewed by Henry H. Donaldson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ihrem Fasergeiialt. Ein gehirnanatomischer Atlas, mit erlautern- dem Text und schematischer Zeicliimng, 16 Tabellen. 15 Kurven und 79 farbigen Tafeln (Folio), von Prosektor Dr. Theodor Kaes, in Hamburg. Erster Teil: Kurven und Tafeln. Zweiter Teil: Text. —Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1907. This quarto by Dr. Theodor Kaes, of Hamburg, comprises the records of years of detailed work. The book is divided into two main parts. The first part contains the drawing of a transverse section through a gyrus, used to illustrate the nomenclature employed by the author, 15 charts (Curven) based on the measurements of the entire human cortex and its layers, and 79 colored plates showing variations in its fiber content. These plates, the publication of which has been made possible by a grant from the Eoyal Society of Gottingen, are printed in pairs. They illustrate the arrangement of the fibers in 12 localities from each cerebral hemisphere of a given brain. Sections from 39 brains are thus given (Plates 1-78), each pair of plates being accompanied by the correspond- ing table of measurements. Plate 79 illustrates a few pathological ap- pearances which were incidentally observed. The last sheet of this part gives the bibliography of the author from 1891 to date. Part II contains Table 1, showing the weights of the 41 brains exam- ined, and also 48 pages of text together with 15 tables of measurements. It will be seen from this outline, that the unique feature of the book is the series of colored plates; the text, tables, and curves being merely subsidiary to them. The book, therefore, should be considered as an atlas intended to support the interpretations made by the author, and also to furnish standards for comparison by other investigators, and it is from this point of view that our criticisms will be made. To determine how far these conditions are fulfilled, let us begin with an analysis of the fundamental Table 1, containing the records for the 41 brains on which the measurements have been made. In eacli case there is given either the fresh weight of the encephalon, or both the fresh weight and the weight after preservation in Muller’s fluid. Then follow two columns, one headed “ Hemispheres,” and the