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WELLS, R. B. D.

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Editorial Description

practical phrenologist of Scarborough who also practiced in Leeds, Oldham and Blackpool; lectured on phrenology and mental health throughout the UK, 1860s; also wrote on vital force, women's diseases, food and economics; ed PHREN MES- SENGER, 1878; M BR PHREN ASSN.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1180.1 — 1180.1 A Delineation of the Character, Physiological Development and Present Condition of [ J. Manchester: J. Heywood; London: J. BURNS, [1878]. (6d)
1180.2 — 1180.2 Symbolical Head and Phrenological Chart (17" x 26"). 4th edn, fiftieth thousand, [1878].

Editorial Information

Identifier	1180.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	347
Printed page	342
Database ID	3265

Original Transcription

1180. WELLS, R. B. D., practical phrenologist of Scarborough who
also practiced in Leeds, Oldham and Blackpool; lectured on phrenology and mental health throughout the UK, 1860s; also wrote on
vital force, women's diseases, food and economics; ed PHREN MES-
SENGER, 1878; M BR PHREN ASSN.