phys; MD Aberdeen, 1819; phys to embassy in St. Petersburg; colleague of B. TRAVERS; settled in London in 1842; FRCP 1842; Lumleian lecturer, 1845; committed suicide. (DNB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
652.1
— 652.1 "Drs. Gall and Spurzheim--Phrenology" in his The Life of a Travelling Physician. vol. 1, London: Longman, 1843: 141-51. (Phrenology: "this monstrous abortion.")
652.2
— 652.2 "Phrenology," in his An Apology for the Nerves: or, their influence and importance in health and disease. London: Longmans, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844: 58-74. ("The whole science must dissolve on the baseless fabric of a vision.")
Editorial Information
Identifier
652.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
204
Printed page
199
Database ID
1904
Original Transcription
652. LEFEVRE, Sir George William (1798-1846), phys; MD Aberdeen,
1819; phys to embassy in St. Petersburg; colleague of B. TRAVERS;
settled in London in 1842; FRCP 1842; Lumleian lecturer, 1845; committed suicide. (DNB)