werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) (09/02/87)
In article <419@hubcap.UUCP>, beede@hubcap.UUCP (Mike Beede) writes: > > > > There are also poeple with hollow brains, hydrocephalics whose brain is > > > only 5% (!!!) of the normal brain mass. > > I have seen mention of this before, but never in what I would call a > reliable source. Only part of a reference. There is one particular case of a male physics graduate student in England sometime in the last decade. He had a 116 IQ. He presented to clinic complaining of headaches, and was given one of those newfangled CAT scans, which revealed this 1 cm thick cortex. The patient was reported in a reputable British medical journal in a letter headlined by the fanciful title: "Is a Brain Really Necessary?" A Medline search might pin it down further. -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 3 years down, 4 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "If I don't see you soon, I'll see you later."