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FLOURENS, Marie-Jean-Pierre (1794-1867)

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Born: 1794

Died: 1867

Editorial Description

experimental physiologist; opposed GALL'S theory of cerebral localization and was largely responsible for leading others in science and med away from phrenology; author of De la phrénologie et des études vraies sur le cerveau (1863). (DSB and A106, A136, A190)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

412.1 — 412.1 Phrenology Examined. Translated from the 2nd ed of 1845 by Charles de Lucena Meigs [1792-1869]. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1846. Pp. 144. Originally published as Examen de la phrenologie, Paris: Pauline, 1842.

Editorial Information

Identifier	412.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	139
Printed page	134
Database ID	1295

Original Transcription

412. FLOURENS, Marie-Jean-Pierre (1794-1867), experimental physiologist; opposed GALL'S theory of cerebral localization and was largely
responsible for leading others in science and med away from phrenology; author of De la phrénologie et des études vraies sur le
cerveau (1863). (DSB and A106, A136, A190)