Edward Anthony Spitzka

Edward Anthony Spitzka
Born June 17, 1876
Died September 4, 1922(1922-09-04) (aged 46)
Nationality United States
Fields anatomist
Known for Leon Czolgosz's brain autopsy
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edward Anthony Spitzka.

Edward Anthony Spitzka (June 17, 1876 September 4, 1922) was an American anatomist who autopsied (29 Oct 1901) the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley.[1] (In 1881, his father Edward Charles Spitzka, a famous neurologist and medical specialist in mental diseases, testified to the insanity of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James A. Garfield, at Guiteau's murder trial.)

Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka was the author of 40 papers on brain anatomy. Widely recognized as one of the world's leading brain anatomists, he directed the Baugh Institute of Anatomy[2] until 1914. Dr. Spitzka performed post mortem examinations of the brains of many distinguished American men, including Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, Prof. Joseph Leidy, Prof. Harrison Allen, Dr. William Pepper, George Francis Train, and Major John Wesley Powell.[3][4]

Publications

References

  1. Daniel Baugh Institute's website
  2. "SPITZKA, Edward Anthony". Who's Who in New York City and State,. Vol. 4. 1909. pp. 1221–1222.
  3. "DR. SPITZKA DIES OF APOPLEXY". NY Times. Sep 6, 1922.
  4. 1 2 3 Carmine D. Clemente, ed. (1985). Gray’s Anatomy (30th ed.). Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. ISBN 0-8121-0644-X. pp.vi-ix

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.