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E.A. Spitzka's Studies of Exceptional and Deviant Brains (2024)
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Edward Anthony Spitzka (1876–1922) was a fourth-year medical student at Columbia University when he gained national attention for performing the autopsy of Leon Czolgosz, the man executed for assassinating President William McKinley. Spitzka’s fascination with the brain led him to conduct postmortem examinations on several notable individuals, including Major John Wesley Powell, the renowned geologist, soldier, and explorer best known for his leadership of the United States Geological Survey. Spitzka’s postmortem study of Chester Gillette’s brain drew widespread public attention, as evidenced by this full-page spread from a 1908 edition of the tabloid the American Examiner, which catered primarily to British expatriates in the United States.
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