Quotes by Edward Anthony Spitzka

About Edward Anthony Spitzka:


Edward Anthony Spitzka was an American anatomist who autopsied (29 Oct 1901) the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley. (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.)

Author Bio


  • NameEdward Anthony Spitzka
  • DescriptionAmerican anatomist
  • BornJune 17, 1876
  • DiedSeptember 4, 1922
  • ProfessionAnatomist