STUDY OF THE CRLMIXAL IX Ml

of the name itself. It is quite certain that an rest in the handwriting finds for the student it- fantastic flourish. A special book is devoted to a these autographs.

DR. BACA.

Book of 'Autopsies.- Anv prisoner dying in the penitential v is dissected carefully and a minute record is made of every anatomo- pathologic lesion or abnormality.

It will be seen that a mass of most important material is being secured regarding these Puebla criminals. According to law, the skulls and brains of all criminals who die in the institu- tion are the proj.<n\ ,,i' the museum of the department. The brains themselves are preserved, but in addition t<> that careful copies are made of them in plaster before they ha\e had time to

lose form or size by shrinkage. In 1892 a report of the work <>1