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FERRARESE, Dr. Luigi

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Editorial Description

of Naples; author of phrenological works; phys to the Lunatic Asylum of Aversa, near Naples; wrote on the insane; imprisoned for 28 days in 1840 for advocating phrenology; visited by G. COMBE in 1845. (

Editorial Information

Identifier	399.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	136
Printed page	131
Database ID	1278

Original Transcription

399. FERRARESE, Dr. Luigi, of Naples; author of phrenological
works; phys to the Lunatic Asylum of Aversa, near Naples; wrote
on the insane; imprisoned for 28 days in 1840 for advocating phrenology; visited by G. COMBE in 1845. (