As we will soon see; in different shapes and sizes to unhealthy spirits possible encounter. Photographer Adam Voorhes, who has nothing to do with neurology, made a very interesting discovery on this subject in 2011.

In the warehouse, he went inside to take pictures a warped brain He even came across the jars in which he was found. Let’s take a look at the scene and details Voorhes saw in the hospital.

First, let’s look at brain and mental illness.

Brain, center of the nervous system like an organ. Its main task is to centrally control the other organs of the body. The brain, which has the same shape and number of folds in all healthy people, can vary in some cases.

Just like a disease that occurs in one part of our body can change that region. mental illness And it can really have an effect on our brains.

So, how is a complicated brain possible?

Recesses and protrusions, which we call “brain folds” among the people, are scientific “sulcus” and “gyrus” is called. The absence of these sulci and gyri in any healthy brain is actually caused by a disease.

License (flat brain) This disease, called this disease, occurs due to the failure of neurons to pass through during the development of the embryo and unfortunately there is no cure. Many people with more likely variants of lissencephaly die before they reach the age of 10.

“Forgotten Brains of Texas State Mental Hospital”

Texas photographer Adam Voorhes to shoot for ‘Scientific American’ magazine to Austin State Hospital When he thought he wouldn’t take a brain X-ray until it was sent, he was amazed at what he saw.

When he entered the Animal Resources Center in the back warehouse of the hospital, he found himself in one of the interestingly shaped brains in fluid-filled jars. there were no creases! This event amazed many scientists.

Voorhes photographed this brain that had been forgotten in the back of an animal lab for over 20 years. “Forgotten Brains of Texas State Mental Hospital” He published a book called

Adam Voorhes describes what he saw as follows:

“Taken from patients at the Texas State Asylum, none of them are normal I walked into a warehouse with about 100 human brains. Any of the brain; It was in liquid-filled jars with the date of death or autopsy, a brief description in Latin, and a case number. Surprising and fascinating as these collections are, they have remained untouched and unstudied in nearly 30 years.”

Voorhes not only took the photos, but continued his research and found that the brain in the Animal Resources Center dates back to the 1950s. Patients at Texas State Hospital He learned that he belonged. He also tried to investigate the reasons for the different brain shapes, but was unsuccessful.

What happened to the brains in the collection?

Although studies are published by scientific journals, the collection remains a mystery. Some ghosts in the collection are solid and easy to work with, but some Alzheimer’s or meningitis They were not removed from their jars because they were badly damaged and very delicate

This rare collection of brains is now at the University of Texas. in psychology It is still used as a teaching tool.

• Sources: Atlas Obscura, Ifl Science, Feature Shoot, Slate, Stone Ridge