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GORDON, John (1786-1818)

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Born: 1786

Died: 1818

Editorial Description

student of BARCLAY and Dugald STEWART in Edin; MD 1805; lecturer on anatomy and physiology in Edin from 1806; FRCS Edin 1808; FRS Edin 1812, FGS 1828; led the Edin debate with SPURZHEIM, 1817; author of A System of Human Anatomy, 1815. (D. Ellis, Memoir of the Life and Writings of John Gordon [Edin: Constable, 1823]).

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

461.1 — 461.1 "Functions of the Nervous System," EDIN REV, 24 (Feb 1815): 439-52. (Reviews Sir Everard HOME'S antiphrenological observations on the functions of the brain.)
461.2 — 461.2 "The Doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim," EDIN REV, 25 (June 1815): 227-68.
461.3 — 461.3 Observations on the Structure of the Brain: , Compris ing an Estimate of the Claims of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim to Discovery in the Anatomy of that Organ. Edin: W. Blackwood 1817. Pp. 215. 461.4 *[and F. JEFFREY], The Craniad; or Spurzheim illustrated. A Poem in two parts. Edin: Blackwood, 1817. Pp. 141.

Editorial Information

Identifier	461.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	154
Printed page	149
Database ID	1428

Original Transcription

461. GORDON, John (1786-1818), student of BARCLAY and Dugald
STEWART in Edin; MD 1805; lecturer on anatomy and physiology in
Edin from 1806; FRCS Edin 1808; FRS Edin 1812, FGS 1828; led the
Edin debate with SPURZHEIM, 1817; author of A System of Human
Anatomy, 1815. (D. Ellis, Memoir of the Life and Writings of John
Gordon [Edin: Constable, 1823]).