physiognomist and eccentric med author; studied med in Edin and claimed to have lectured there on anatomy and physiology; his career was mostly literary; author of Beauty in Woman (1836), Intermarriage (1839), Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce (1839), the latter in which he argued among other things, that there was a vast difference between the minds of men and women. (DSB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
1158.1
— 1158.1 "A General Physiology of the Intellectual Organs," Archives of Universal Science, No. 2 (1809): 167-205.
1158.2
— 1158.2 "New Anatomy and Physiology of the Brain," ibid, No. 3 (1809): 172-9.
1158.3
— 1158.3 "Sketch of a General Theory of the Intellectual Funetions of Men and Animals Given in Reply to Drs. Cross and Leach," Annals of Philosophy, 6 (1815): 26-34, 118-24. (Response to LEACH'S ascribing of certain claims on the function of the cerebellum to GALL and SPURZHEIM; expresses a theory of sexual function which he sees as in accord with that of GALL and SPURZHEIM.)
1158.4
— 1158.4 Physiognomy Founded on Physiology, And Applied to Various Countries, Professions, and Individuals; with appendix on the bones at Hythe. London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1834. Pp. 286. (Supposed refutation of GALL'S doctrine [pp. 204- 14] includes two plates of the phrenological organs as given by SPURZHEIM; claims that GALL was not scientific enough; believed that only the glands regulated sexual feeling. viewed METRO QUART MAG, 1834) Another edn, 1835. Re-
1158.5
— 1158.5 The New Lavater; or an Improved System of Physiognomy founded upon Strictly Scientific Principles. Conformable to the Present Advanced State of Anatomical and Physiological Knowledge. With a Practical Application to Nations, Professions, and Individuals. To which are added, Remarks on Phrenology. Accompanied by Accurate Engravings, illus trative of the Theories of Dr. Spurzheim and the Modern Phrenologists. London: S. Cornish & Co, 1839. Pp. 286. (Craniology mistaken; physiognomy not reducible to specific mental organs.)
Editorial Information
Identifier
1158.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
340
Printed page
335
Database ID
3195
Original Transcription
1158. WALKER, Alexander (1779-1852), physiognomist and eccentric
med author; studied med in Edin and claimed to have lectured there
on anatomy and physiology; his career was mostly literary; author
of Beauty in Woman (1836), Intermarriage (1839), Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery,
Infidelity and Divorce (1839), the latter in which he argued among
other things, that there was a vast difference between the minds of
men and women. (DSB)