Re: Brain banking
Forwarded for Sam Greenblatt Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:00:09 -0500 To: histneur-l@library.ucla.edu From: Samuel Greenblatt <Samuel_Greenblatt@brown.edu> Subject: Re: Brain banking Dear Cathy: I'll add to the list of brain bankers. Professor Burt Green Wilder was a legendary faculty member at Cornell University (founded 1865). He was one of the first faculty to be hired (in 1867) and remained until his death in 1925. Part of his legendary status derived from the very existence of his large brain collecton, which was still intact (albeit decrepit) when I was a student there (1957-1961). In recent years the collection has been reviewed and much discarded, but some has been preserved for historical interest. Wilder's successor was James Papez, of limbic circuit fame. Sam Greenblatt, neurosurgery and neuroscience, Brown University.