weekly, 1823-5; ed Alex Burnett, MD, London; partly intended to expose "quackery."
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
759.1
— 759.1 "Observations Upon Phrenology," 24 Jan 1824: 113-15, with engraving. (The phrenologists "have come to the entrance of the cave where the treasure lies, but they cannot enter-- darkness envelopes them, yet they gravely pretend.")
759.2
— 759.2 "Phrenological Observations on Thurtell's Head," 17 Jan 1824: 97-100, with engraving. (Admits that the subject is worthy of inquiry.)
759.3
— 759.3 "Phrenology," 14 Feb 1824: 168-70. ("We are neither ultras nor ridiculers of the science ... [but] support fair discussion.")
Editorial Information
Identifier
759.0
Type
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
233
Printed page
228
Database ID
2173
Original Transcription
759.0 MEDICAL ADVISER, AND GUIDE TO HEALTH AND LONG LIFE,
weekly, 1823-5; ed Alex Burnett, MD, London; partly intended to
expose "quackery."