1833, FRCS 1852, FRCP 1859; born in Preston; educated at Guy's Hosp; settled in Manchester in 1834 and lectured on psych med at Chatham St Sch of Med before. establishing himself as a leading phys and consultant; author of numerous works on physiology and psych med; pres Lancashire and Cheshire branch of the BMA; visiting phys of Clifton Hall Retreat and Why House Asylum, Buxton; declined a county magistracy; active in local sanitary reform, chairman of the Manchester Sanitary Assn, 1870s; M PHREN ASSN, 1840; pres MANCHESTER PHREN SOC, 1835-8; friend of G. COMBE, R. DUNN and J. D. MORELL; lectured. in Manchester Lit & Phil Soc 1837; opposed mesmerism in BR & FOR MED REV (1845); renounced phrenology in 1846 after William CAR- PENTER attacked his views. (MEB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
843.1
— 843.1 "An Essay on Temperaments, Read before the Members of the Manchester Phrenological Society, April 30, 1834," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 109-18.
843.2
— 843.2 "An Essay on the Application of Phrenology to the Investigation of the Phenomena of Insanity," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 447-59.
843.3
— 843.3 An Essay on the Means, Physical and Moral, of Estimating Human Character. Manchester, Prentice & Cathrall, 1835. Pp. 23.
843.4
— 843.4 "Sketch of the Accordance Between the Inductive Philosophy of Bacon and the Aptitude of the Human Intellect, as demonstrated by Phrenology," PHREN J, 10 (1836/7): 190-201.
843.5
— 843.5 An Inquiry into the Claims of Phrenology, to Rank Among the Sciences: a paper read before the Literary and Philosophy Society of Manchester, November 17th 1837. Manchester: H. Smith, 1837. Pp. 31. (Reviewed, PHREN J, 11 [1838] 312-14.)
843.6
— 843.6 "On Quality of Brain, as influencing Functional Manifestation. Read before the Manchester Phrenological Society, October 8th, 1838," PHREN J, 12 (1839): 121-34.
843.7
— 843.7 "Reply to Mr. Simpson's Defence of his Views of Resistance and Force," PHREN J, 12 (1839): 206-12.
843.8
— 843.8 True and False Phrenology. Reprinted from No. XXVII of the 'British and Foreign Medical Review' [14 (July 1842): 65-80] edited by John Forbes. London, 1842. (A searching investigation of the value of phrenology, ostensibly reviewing C. G. CARUS, Craniology [1841]. Claimed that "popular phrenology has indeed exceeded all reasonable limits of a sound philosophy." Reviewed PHREN J, 15 [1842]: 376-7.)
843.9
— 843.9 The Brain and its Physiology; a Critical Disquisition on the Methods of Determining the Relations subsisting Between the Structure and Functions of the Encephalon. London: Churchill, 1846. Pp. 450. (Dedicated to J. FORBES; reviewed PHREN J, 19 [1846]: 260-278.)
843.10
— 843.10 Elements of Psychological Medicine. An Introduction to the Practical Study of Insanity, Adopted for Students and Junior Practitioners. London: John Churchill, 1853. Pp. 340. 2nd edn, 1855. (The lectures delivered to the Chatham St Sch of Med; lecture II, which is concerned with phrenology, makes explicit Noble's loss of faith. Reviewed Asylum J, 15 Feb 1854: 37-9, where his renunciation of phrenology is praised; review of 2nd edn, by John Chs. Buchnill, J MENTAL SCI, 2 [1845]: 188-97, who thought it greatly improved.) 843. 11 The Human Mind in its Relation with The Brain and Nervous System. London: Churchill, 1858. Pp. 157. (Dedicated to Wm. CARPENTER; phrenology seen as a precursor to physiological psychology; reviewed Asylum J, 4 [1858]: 552- 65.)
Editorial Information
Identifier
843.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
253
Printed page
248
Database ID
2390
Original Transcription
843. NOBLE, Daniel (1810-85), MRCS 1833, FRCS 1852, FRCP 1859;
born in Preston; educated at Guy's Hosp; settled in Manchester in
1834 and lectured on psych med at Chatham St Sch of Med before.
establishing himself as a leading phys and consultant; author of
numerous works on physiology and psych med; pres Lancashire and
Cheshire branch of the BMA; visiting phys of Clifton Hall Retreat
and Why House Asylum, Buxton; declined a county magistracy; active in local sanitary reform, chairman of the Manchester Sanitary
Assn, 1870s; M PHREN ASSN, 1840; pres MANCHESTER PHREN SOC,
1835-8; friend of G. COMBE, R. DUNN and J. D. MORELL; lectured.
in Manchester Lit & Phil Soc 1837; opposed mesmerism in BR & FOR
MED REV (1845); renounced phrenology in 1846 after William CAR-
PENTER attacked his views. (MEB)