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ROBERTON, John (1797-1876)

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Born: 1797

Died: 1876

Editorial Description

Lanarkshire-born and Scottish educated surgeon and obstetrician of Manchester; involved with statistics, paediatrics, hospital design, anthropology and the place of women in society; a keen social investigator and public health reformer. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

961.1 — 961.1 "Dr. Elliotson on Life and Mind," LONDON MED GAZ, 17 (1835/6): 203-10, 251-7; and NS 1 (1837/8): 460-2. (An extended attack on ELLIOTSON'S notes in Human Physiology and on his materialism.) [copy in Combe Coll, NLS]

Editorial Information

Identifier	961.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	286
Printed page	281
Database ID	2704

Original Transcription

961. ROBERTON, John (1797-1876), Lanarkshire-born and Scottish
educated surgeon and obstetrician of Manchester; involved with statistics, paediatrics, hospital design, anthropology and the place of
women in society; a keen social investigator and public health reformer.
(DNB)