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BARLOW, Edward (1779-1844)

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Born: 1779

Died: 1844

Editorial Description

sen phys Bath Hosp and Bath United Hosp from 1807; son of a surgeon to Meath County Infirmary; MD Edin 1803; MRCS Ire; founding member Bath Lit & Phil Soc and of Prov Med & Surg Assn, of which he was pres, 1838-9; mostly interested in medical reform; converted to phrenology by SPURZHEIM upon his visit to Bath in 1812; sec PHREN ASSN, 1839; established and presided over the BATH PHREN SOC; supplied testimonials to G. COMBE and G. MACKENZIE, 1836. (Obit: PHREN J, 17 [1844]: 309-13; BR & FOR MED REV, 18 [1844]: 281-4.)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

63.1 — 63.1 An Apology for the Study of Phrenology. Bath: printed by Wood & Cunningham, for Longman & Co, 1825. Pp. 32. (Dedicated to G. COMBE) [NLS]
63.2 — 63.2 "An Address Delivered at the First Anniversary Meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, July 19th, 1833," Trans Prov Med & Surg Assn, 2 (1834): 1-31.1 phrenology: 24, 27-8]. [On

Editorial Information

Identifier	63.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	25
Printed page	20
Database ID	192

Original Transcription

63. BARLOW, Edward (1779-1844), sen phys Bath Hosp and Bath
United Hosp from 1807; son of a surgeon to Meath County Infirmary;
MD Edin 1803; MRCS Ire; founding member Bath Lit & Phil Soc and
of Prov Med & Surg Assn, of which he was pres, 1838-9; mostly
interested in medical reform; converted to phrenology by SPURZHEIM
upon his visit to Bath in 1812; sec PHREN ASSN, 1839; established and
presided over the BATH PHREN SOC; supplied testimonials to G.
COMBE and G. MACKENZIE, 1836. (Obit: PHREN J, 17 [1844]:
309-13; BR & FOR MED REV, 18 [1844]: 281-4.)