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BOYD, John

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Editorial Description

of Edinburgh; established himself as a practical phrenologist in Aberdeen; claimed to have been pres of the Hunterian Med Soc and hon M Majorca Phren Soc; regarded by respectable Edin phrenologists as a "person of flaming pretensions"; lectured and manipulated in Scotland, 1844-6.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

113.1 — 113.1 Practical Phrenology Illustrated; being a guide to the study of character. Aberdeen: John Avery, 1846. Pp. 72.
113.2 — 113.2 Companion to the Estimate: being a phrenological treatise explanatory of the estimate of cerebral development. Greenock: John Malcom, 1844. Pp. 36.
113.3 — 113.3 Manual of Phrenology: being a companion to the estimate of cerebral development. 4th edn, Edin: William Mac- Phail, 1850. Pp. 63.

Editorial Information

Identifier	113.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	34
Printed page	29
Database ID	287

Original Transcription

113. BOYD, John, of Edinburgh; established himself as a practical
phrenologist in Aberdeen; claimed to have been pres of the Hunterian
Med Soc and hon M Majorca Phren Soc; regarded by respectable Edin
phrenologists as a "person of flaming pretensions"; lectured and
manipulated in Scotland, 1844-6.