itinerant phrenologist and dentist; practiced dentistry from 1828 to 1855; lectured on phrenology throughout England mainly at mechanics' insts, 1828-43; delivered a course of lectures at the London Inst, 1832, to an audience of 800; inspired by SPURZHEIM'S visit to Hull, he became the leading phrenologist of that town and established the HULL SOC FOR PHREN IN- QUIRY before moving to Doncaster where he opened a phrenological museum and became VP of the Lyceum; subsequently moved to London; lectured and wrote on dentistry and "dental quackery" in Birmingham, 1842, and was involved there with phreno-mesmeric experiments; also involved with the Birmingham Hebrew National Schools; by 1849 he was established as a dentist in Brighton; wrote on gum diseases and nervous disorders; M PHREN ASSN.
658.8
— 658.8 "Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties--Memoir of Mr. John Sisson," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 532-6.
658.9
— 658.9 Mental Culture or the Means of Developing the Human Faculties. London: printed for the author, 1833. Pp. 300. (Reviewed, favorably, in CHRISTIAN PIONEER, 10 [1836]: 276-8; and, unfavorably, in PHREN J, 8 [1832/4]: 647-9.) Boston edn, 1834.
658.10
— 658.10 "Letter[s] to Editor," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 181, 271- 7. (Concerning their unfavorable review of his book.)
658.11
— 658.11 "Remarks on the Cerebral Organ Called Marvellousness by Spurzheim, and Wonder by Combe," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 636-43.
658.12
— 658.12 "On the Connection of Phrenology with Physiognomy [the substance of a paper delivered to the HULL SOC FOR PHREN INQUIRY, 1827]," ANALYST, 5 (1836): 270-3, and 6 (1837) 284-93.
658.15
— 658.15 "Case of Torpor of Conscientiousness, and Case where the Mental Emotions of the Mother, during pregnancy, have apparently influenced the Cerebral Organization of Children," PHREN J, 12 (1839): 259-61.
658.16
— 658.16 Lectures on the Hereditary Tendency of Drunkenness. London: printed and published by J. Pasco, [1839]. Pp. 108. (Drunkenness considered as a species of voluntary insanity; dedicated to Dr. Birkbeck.)
658.17
— 658.17 "On the Cerebellum of Birds--to Phrenological Association, Glasgow," PHREN J, 14 (1841): 61.
658.18
— 658.18 "Case of Hysteria, with Loss of Verbal Language," PHREN J, 16 (1843): 251-4.
658.19
— 658.19 "On the Importance of Phrenology in Medical Diagnosis," LANCET, 9 June 1849: 606.
Editorial Information
Identifier
658.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
205
Printed page
200
Database ID
1916
Original Transcription
658. LEVISON, John (?Jacob) Leslie, itinerant phrenologist and
dentist; practiced dentistry from 1828 to 1855; lectured on phrenology
throughout England mainly at mechanics' insts, 1828-43; delivered a
course of lectures at the London Inst, 1832, to an audience of 800;
inspired by SPURZHEIM'S visit to Hull, he became the leading phrenologist of that town and established the HULL SOC FOR PHREN IN-
QUIRY before moving to Doncaster where he opened a phrenological
museum and became VP of the Lyceum; subsequently moved to London; lectured and wrote on dentistry and "dental quackery" in Birmingham, 1842, and was involved there with phreno-mesmeric experiments; also involved with the Birmingham Hebrew National Schools;
by 1849 he was established as a dentist in Brighton; wrote on gum
diseases and nervous disorders; M PHREN ASSN.