LSA 1825, MRCS 1828, FRCS 1852; M Roy Med-Chirurg Soc of London and the Westminster Med Soc; fellow of ETHNOL SOC; educated at Guy's and St. Thomas's hosps; taught at Andersonian Univ; friend and correspondent of G.COMBE; author of psych and med works; lectured on phrenology in Scotland, 1842; M LONDON PHREN SOC from Dec 1826; pres EDIN PHREN ASSN, 1855. (DNB; MEB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
336.1
— 336.1 Suspension of the Mental Facilities of the Powers of Speech, and Special Senses, with the Exception of Sight and Touch, Occurring in a Young Woman. Reprinted from the LANCET [c1845]. Pp. 16. [signed copy, Combe Coll, NLS]
336.2
— 336.2 "A Case of Apoplexy of the Cerebellum. Read at the Royal College of Surgeons, 13 March 1849" from?: pp. 107- 14. [signed copy, Combe Coll, NLS] (Offers phrenological proof of the seat of sexual passion in the cerebellum)
336.3
— 336.3 "Case of Tubercles in the Brain: with Remarks, Physiological and Psychological, on the Functions of the Nervous Centres involved in the Disease," BMJ, 11 Aug 1854: 712-16. [Signed offprint in Combe Coll, NLS]
336.4
— 336.4 A Case of Suspension of the Mental Faculties, of the Powers of Speech and Special Senses, with the Exception of Sight and Touch, Continuing for Many Months, with a Commentary on Some of the More Important of its bearings, upon the Philosophy of the Human Mind, and the Physiological Psychology of Man. London: [printed], 1855. Pp. 44. [Signed copy, Combe Coll, NLS] (Expansion of LANCET article, c1845; discusses the views of CARPENTER, NOBLE, and MORELL'S psychology.)
336.5
— 336.5 "Physiological Psychology," J PSYCHOL MED, 9 (1856): 226-40, 395-418; vol 10 (1857): 135-56, 358-67; and vol 11 (1858): 317-35. (Tribute to GALL; praise for CARPENTER and G. COMBE; long note on H. H. HOLM, pp. 410-11.)
336.6
— 336.6 An Essay on Physiological Psychology. London: Churchill, 1858. Pp. 94. (Revised version of last entry; dedicated to CARPENTER.)
336.7
— 336.7 Medical Psychology. London: J. Churchill, 1863. Pp. 87. (Reprinted from BMJ; dedicated to BRODIE and HOLLAND; supports localization of mental faculties and the influence of phrenology.)
336.8
— 336.8 Ethnological Society Tuesday, June 7th, 1864. On Civilization and Cerebral Development. London: offprinted from BMJ, 18 June, 1864. Pp. 7. (Claims his views are founded both on phrenology and pathology.)
336.9
— 336.9 "Civilization and Cerebral Development. Some Observations on the Influence of Civilization on the Development of the Brain in the Different Races of Man [Read June 7th, 1864]," Trans Ethnol Soc Lon, 4 (1866): 13-33. (Same as above; also offprinted.)
336.10
— 336.10 "Some Observations on the Psychological Differences Which Exist Among the Typical Races of Man," Trans Ethnol Soc Lon, NS 3 (1865): 9-25.
336.11
— 336.11 Observations of the Phenomenon of Life and Mind. (Read in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, at the Meeting of the British Association at Dundee, September 1867). Reprinted from J MENTAL SCI]. London: John Churchill & Sons, 1868. Pp. 15.
Editorial Information
Identifier
336.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
112
Printed page
107
Database ID
1049
Original Transcription
336. DUNN, Robert (1799-1877), LSA 1825, MRCS 1828, FRCS 1852;
M Roy Med-Chirurg Soc of London and the Westminster Med Soc; fellow
of ETHNOL SOC; educated at Guy's and St. Thomas's hosps; taught
at Andersonian Univ; friend and correspondent of G.COMBE; author
of psych and med works; lectured on phrenology in Scotland, 1842;
M LONDON PHREN SOC from Dec 1826; pres EDIN PHREN ASSN, 1855. (DNB; MEB)