born in Southampton, c1790; surgeon-dentist of Southampton, 1843-9; named his son after his friend of ENGLEDUE, M ETHNOL SOC; argued against phrenomesmeric "fallacies" (indeed, over points of doctrine with most of his colleagues); attracted to phrenology in 1806 after reading the account in the LON MED & PHYS J; lectured on phrenology in Blandford Town Hall, Dorset, and in Guernsy, 1838-40; also wrote on the economy of fuels and on grammar.
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
925.1
— 925.1 Strictures on the Conduct of Hewett Watson, F.L.S. in his capacity of Editor of the Phrenological Journal; with an appendix, containing a Speculative Analysis of the Mental Functions. Ryde, Isle of Wight: E. Hartnall, 1840. Pp. 72. (2d) (Reviewed PHREN J, 13 [1840]: 264-73; and ZOIST, 1 [Jan 1844]: 392-7.)
925.4
— 925.4 "Directions for Obtaining from a Cast or Skull a Set of Measurements of its More Important Outlines, of such a nature as to enable any one, though ignorant of drawing, mechanically to delineate such outlines on paper," ZOIST, 1 (July 1843): 120-9.
925.5
— 925.5 "On the Fallacies of Phreno-Magnetism," PHREN J, 17 (1844): 158-68.
925.6
— 925.6 "Reply to Mr. W. R. Lowe's 'Remarks on Mr. Prideaux's Theory of Volition as the Cause of Phreno-Mesmeric Manifestations, "PHREN J, 18 (1845): 15-31.
925.7
— 925.7 "On the Application of Phrenology in the Choice of Parliamentary Representatives," ZOIST, 3 (Jan 1846): 399-416. (This essay was rejected by the PHREN J for its £20 essay contest.)
925.8
— 925.8 "Dr. Carpenter and the Antiphrenological Physiologists," ZOIST, 4 (Jan 1847): 480-517.
925.9
— 925.9 A New Year's Gift for the Medical Profession. Dr. Carpenter and the Antiphrenological Physiologists; Messrs Forbes, Wakley and Co., The Antimesmeric Crusaders. London: H. Bailliere, 1847. Pp. 58.
925.10
— 925.10 "The British Association and Cerebral Physiology," ZOIST, 4 (Jan 1847): 473-80. (He exhibited a skull at the Ethnological Section of the Brit Assn, but was called to order and reminded "that phrenology was a prohibited subject.")
925.11
— 925.11 "On the Organ of Love of the Past," ZOIST, 5 (Jan 1848) 382-6. (A reply to HYTCH, 1847.)
925.12
— 925.12 "Essays on Phrenology. No. 1:--On an Organ of Sympathy, seated between Comparison and Benevolence," ZOIST, 6 (Apr 1848): 72-85. (No further numbers published.)
925.13
— 925.13 "On the Functions of the Cerebellum," Report of the
925.14
— 925.14 "On the Principles of Ethnology (Read November 22, 1864)," Trans Ethno Soc Lon, NS, 3 (1865): 408-17.
925.15
— 925.15 "Phrenology--letter to editor of Anthropological Review," ANTHROP REV, 3 (Oct 1865): 373-5.
925.16
— 925.16 Gall's Organology (reprinted from ANTHROP REV, 7 [Jan 1869]: 76-92). Pp. 14.
925.17
— 925.17 "The Occasional Definition of the Convolutions of the Brain on the Exterior of the Head," ANTHROP REV, 7 (Oct 1869): 428-31. H. G. Atkinson, 1844; W. R. Lowe, 1844, 1845
Editorial Information
Identifier
925.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
279
Printed page
274
Database ID
2624
Original Transcription
925. PRIDEAUX, Thomas Symes (or Sims), born in Southampton,
c1790; surgeon-dentist of Southampton, 1843-9; named his son after
his friend of ENGLEDUE, M ETHNOL SOC; argued against phrenomesmeric "fallacies" (indeed, over points of doctrine with most of
his colleagues); attracted to phrenology in 1806 after reading the
account in the LON MED & PHYS J; lectured on phrenology in Blandford Town Hall, Dorset, and in Guernsy, 1838-40; also wrote on the
economy of fuels and on grammar.