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TODD, Robert Bentley (1808-1860)

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Metadata

Born: 1808

Died: 1860

Postnominals: MD

Editorial Description

FRS 1838, FRCS 1844; prof of physiology, King's Coll, London, 1836-53; instrumental in founding King's College Hosp, 1840; revolutionized the treatment of fevers; large private practice in London; ed Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology, 1835-59. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1117.1 — 1117.1 The Descriptive and Physiological Anatomy of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Ganglions, and of their Coverings. Adapted for the Use of Students. London: Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1845. Pp. 284. (GALL shown to be mistaken on the formation of grey matter [p. 96] and on the convolutions of the brain [p. 212], but praised for his method of separating brain fibre [p. 132ff].)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1117.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	330
Printed page	325
Database ID	3108

Original Transcription

1117. TODD, Robert Bentley (1808-60), MD, FRS 1838, FRCS 1844;
prof of physiology, King's Coll, London, 1836-53; instrumental in
founding King's College Hosp, 1840; revolutionized the treatment of
fevers; large private practice in London; ed Cyclopaedia of Anatomy
and Physiology, 1835-59. (DNB)