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MARSHALL, John anatomist and surgeon; entered Univ Coll (1818-1891)

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Born: 1818

Died: 1891

Editorial Description

London, 1838 and was a demonstrator there in 1845 when he read a paper to the Med Soc in which he claimed that GALL'S system was unphilosophical and that his physiology had preceded his anatomy; subsequently became consulting surgeon, Univ Coll Hosp, pres of several med societies, FRS, prof of anatomy at Roy Academy and Fullerian prof at Roy Inst; author of various important med works. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 744.1 — 744.1 "Phrenology and Craniology," in his Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative. Vol 1, London: Longmans & Co, 1867: 368-70. (Appreciates the value of phrenology in the past and observes the modern objections to it.)

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744. MARSHALL, John (1818-91) anatomist and surgeon; entered
Univ Coll, London, 1838 and was a demonstrator there in 1845 when
he read a paper to the Med Soc in which he claimed that GALL'S
system was unphilosophical and that his physiology had preceded his
anatomy; subsequently became consulting surgeon, Univ Coll Hosp,
pres of several med societies, FRS, prof of anatomy at Roy Academy
and Fullerian prof at Roy Inst; author of various important med
works. (DNB)