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MACARTNEY, James lecturer on anatomy and physiology in Dublin; wrote on the comparative structure of the brain in chimpanzees (1770-1843)

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Born: 1770

Died: 1843

Editorial Description

1842, and on inflammation; confessed at the Br Assn meeting in Liverpool in 1837 that he had formerly been a follower of SPURZHEIM, but was now opposed to phrenology. (PHREN J, 11 [1838] 92-4.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	699.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	220
Printed page	215
Database ID	2062

Original Transcription

699. MACARTNEY, James (1770-1843) lecturer on anatomy and physiology in Dublin; wrote on the comparative structure of the brain in
chimpanzees, 1842, and on inflammation; confessed at the Br Assn
meeting in Liverpool in 1837 that he had formerly been a follower of
SPURZHEIM, but was now opposed to phrenology. (PHREN J, 11
[1838] 92-4.)