of Teviot bank, Edin; a distant relative of Sir Walter Scott; advocate of vapour baths; an early M EDIN PHREN SOC and part ed PHREN J; broke with G. COMBE and his colleagues over the publication of The Constitution of Man. PHREN J, 15 [1842]: 44-50.) (Obit:
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
1008.1
— 1008.1 *Observations on Phrenology, as affording a Systematic View of Human Nature. Edin: printed for Waugh & Innes, 1822. Pp. 57. (Reviewed, PHREN J, 2 [1824/5]: 104- 11; MEDICO CHIRURG J & REV, 1823; and by G. COMBE in LONDON MAG, 1822.)
1008.2
— 1008.2 "On the Functions of Combativeness, Destructiveness, and Secretiveness--with illustrations of the effects of different degrees of their endowment on the Character of Individuals," TRANS [EDIN] PHREN SOC, [1] (1823): 131-82.
1008.3
— 1008.3 "Remarks on the Cerebral Development of King Robert Bruce, compared with his character as appearing from History," TRANS [EDIN] PHREN SOC, [1] (1823): 247-80. (Also separately offprinted, pp. 34.)
1008.5
— 1008.5 "The Cerebral Development of R. B. Sheridan, Compared with his Mental Manifestations," PHREN J, 3 (1825/6): 127-63.
1008.6
— 1008.6 "Of Wit and the Feeling of the Ludicrous," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 195-242.
1008.7
— 1008.7 "M. Audubon, M. Weiss, Carl Mar. V. Weber," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 295-302.
1008.8
— 1008.8 "On the Faculty of Comparison," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 319-63.
1008.9
— 1008.9 *Remarks on Mr. Combe's Essay on The Constitution of Man, and its Relation to External Objects. Edin: printed for the author for private circulation, 1827. Pp. 81. [Combe Coll, NLS] (Suspicious of COMBE'S use of "natural law"; believed his own views were more in harmony with phrenology.)
1008.10
— 1008.10 A Few Last Words to Mr. Combe on the Subject of His Essay on the Natural Laws. Edin: printed by Walker & Greig for the author for private circulation, 1828. Pp. 32.
1008.12
— 1008.12 "Case of--Macdonald, the Associate of Mary Mackinnon, November 3, 1828," PHREN J, 5 (1828/9): 435-7. 226-60.
1008.13
— 1008.13 "On Tragedy, with Some Remarks on the Character of Hamlet," PHREN J, 5 (1828/9): 516-39.
1008.14
— 1008.14 The Harmony of Phrenology with Scripture: shewn in a refutation of the philosophical errors contained in Mr. Combe's 'Constitution of Man'. Edin: Fraser & Co, 1836. Pp. 332. 2nd edn, 1837.
Editorial Information
Identifier
1008.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
297
Printed page
292
Database ID
2793
Original Transcription
1008. SCOTT, William (1782-1841), of Teviot bank, Edin; a distant
relative of Sir Walter Scott; advocate of vapour baths; an early M
EDIN PHREN SOC and part ed PHREN J; broke with G. COMBE and
his colleagues over the publication of The Constitution of Man.
PHREN J, 15 [1842]: 44-50.)
(Obit: