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MACKINTOSH, John (d. 1837)

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Died: 1837

Postnominals: MD

Editorial Description

FRCS Edin; surgeon to the Ordnance Dept in North Britain; M Wernerian Nat Hist Soc; lecturer on principles of pathology and practice of physic at the Argyle Sq Med Sch, Edin; surgeon to the Drummond St Hosp, Edin; unsuccessful applicant for the Chair of Pathology in Edin, c1832; claimed to be "thoroughly convinced of the truth of phrenology"; teacher of William ENGLEDUE; supported EVANSON in his defense of phrenology at the Br Assn meeting in Liverpool, 1837; supplied G. MACKENZIE and G. COMBE with testimonials on phrenology, 1836; pres EDIN ETHICAL SOC, 1836. (Obit: PHREN J, 11 [1838]: 223.) Edin:

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 724.1 — 724.1 Elements of Pathology, and Practice of Physic. J. Carfrae & Son, vol 1, 1828, vol 2, 1830. 2nd edn, London: Longman & Co, 1831; 4th edn, (retitled) Principles of Pathology and Practice of Physic. London: Longman & Co, 1836, 2 vols. Philadelphia edn, with notes by S. G. MORTON, 1836. (Vol 2, pt. V: "Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System": 1-115, comments favorably on phrenology and observes that A. COMBE had read the MS.)

Editorial Information

724. MACKINTOSH, John (d. 1837), MD, FRCS Edin; surgeon to the
Ordnance Dept in North Britain; M Wernerian Nat Hist Soc; lecturer
on principles of pathology and practice of physic at the Argyle Sq
Med Sch, Edin; surgeon to the Drummond St Hosp, Edin; unsuccessful applicant for the Chair of Pathology in Edin, c1832; claimed to
be "thoroughly convinced of the truth of phrenology"; teacher of
William ENGLEDUE; supported EVANSON in his defense of phrenology
at the Br Assn meeting in Liverpool, 1837; supplied G. MACKENZIE
and G. COMBE with testimonials on phrenology, 1836; pres EDIN
ETHICAL SOC, 1836. (Obit: PHREN J, 11 [1838]: 223.)
Edin: