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A it May have been of considerable inheres to Wilder that the largest brain in his collection Bee longed to a multiple murderer. Edward Ruloff of Dryden ., was convicted of slaying his wife and infant daughter in 1845. Ruloff a reputed Genius who dabbled in armed robberies escaped to Pennsylvania in 1856 while appealing his conviction. Shortly thereafter he. So impressed the president and faculty of Allegheny College that they an open my at Duke University. A a a a. He never made it to Duke opting instead to Rob a jewelry Mote. 1 Lewis later captured in r a Ohio where he a teaching school. On his return to Ithaca he was Idle to reverse his conviction rising an argument linking the Lack of bodies with the Lack of a crime. His final act of violence w As the robbery of a dry goods store in Binghamton. . In 1870. = where he shot and killed a clerk. The bodies of runoffs two accomplices were found two Days later in a River. Ruloff w As hanged in 1871 for the crime his brain weighed 1,770 Grams believed to be the second largest recorded at the the impressive size of. Runoffs brain did Little to Advance knowledge of the human mind. A they looked at writers and artists to. Sec if they could map special capacities a Finlay explained. A they never were Able to find anything at All it turned out to be a useful piece of negative information.�?�. A at its height some seven decades ago the cot Lection contained �?o13 brains of highly educated persons along with 648 other Amman brains of All Ages a says a guide to the collection a the last brain added to the collection in 1960. Belonged to Glia is Judson l Leri Mieki a professor of neurology at the University of Chicago. Twelve years later a Cornell committee deemed research of this collection to by a exhausted and Only the bes preserved brains were retained for historical interest. The rest were in erased. A 1 today some 7 1 brains remain,.of which just a eight it a the largest of them the. Long forgotten killer a Are publicly displayed. No jpnq>sibntf4b�s if aft tube peo amp Teia China were to a await . smog go a a Bop by the _ people sep Cord to Jive in Orina As if Italy 1,3-99a, a com release As Amitine Ign Goya Steffae Magakitdg-4 a Nib Esifir Csc urary six essm ago $0 a to cd Oftis is the at Fhi Lumoul-35dhe% a air of fit very re. Tang Ljusi ,axamn3 a Bifid to people weighing an Are is rage taif 56 erne meter in the Aik. Toffee itans Milt Golf came up with an Energy g2fiintse <4 if so 3 8 dogs. Tor 30 itt flowed by 18 zeros. Ati Jivanna set Hec a me Sof she Musmon Logiste. An Tzg it amp a 5mw a nuked 10 move i Gram try 1 Verani Mittar. A jniaguitudb4l Carsh Mie occurs somewhere sic Eagle seeker hop in Iii he. So Tim am Evn. Mid it Nama to would an earthquake any questions even a jump by the whole population of the. World about 5 billion people would not alter the earths orbit Seeber said. The Only things that would do so would be the kiss of a Large piece of the Earth or the Impact of a Large outside agent be said. The bops action and reaction would cancel each other. A How Long after a person stops drinking does it take for All alcohol to be removed from the body 1 Quot a ski dim log Celiex. S the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism of the National institutes of health estimates that alcoholic cleared at a rate of about 100 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per about half an ounce of pure alcohol every two hours. So if at person ingested approximately three drinks in a half hour period it would take about six hours fur that alcohol to leave the body a. Or. . I an alcoholism researcher at the Indiana Ushers ii school of Medicine emphasized that the Speed could vary widely As much As threefold because of the tremendous a Range of individual variation in factors such As body weight and blood Alco Fol q. It for four hours straight or using it for four one. Hour periods a. by a .0 Pera t de device continuously air to 11 r Livours would re 11 Down a Battery faster than using it for an hour on. Then an hour off for four cycles said Roger recce manager of Battery engineering for the Etc ready Battery co., a subsidiary of the Ralston Purina co. Tie reason is that batteries have a tendency to recover a Little bit if not used for a time he said a a a time allows the ingredients to equalize and lets the liquids get where they arc supposed to be a he said. A there is some recovery use but Iha Battery is used until it is completely. Dead you get More service with intermittent use a a a than with continuous use.�?T�?T. \ readers Are invited to submit questions about science to. A questions Spence tunes the now , 229 West 43d Street new York 10036. Questions of general interest Ali be answer Eden this column but requests Lor medical advice cannot be honoured and unpublished tetters cannot be answered individual to. A. A a. A. May 26 1991 sunday a Page 7
