Text-book of Anatomy By D J Cunningham, Arthur Robinson

Text-book of Anatomy By D J Cunningham, Arthur Robinson: "WEIGHT OF THE BRAIN The average weight of the adult male brain may be said to be about 1360 grammes The female brain weighs rather less but this is to be expected from the smaller bulk of the female body Probably the relative weight of the brain in the two sexes is very much the same The variations met with in brain weight are very great but it is doubtful if normal intellectual functions could be carried on in a brain which weighs less than 960 grammes In microcephalic idiots brains of extremely small size are met with"