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WIGAN, Arthur Ladbroke (1785-1847)

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Born: 1785

Died: 1847

Postnominals: MD

Editorial Description

MRCS, practitioner of Brighton and London.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 1193.1 — 1193.1 "Considerations on Phrenology," in his A New View of Insanity. The Duality of the Mind Proved by the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of the Brain, And by the Phenomena of Mental Derangement, and shewn to be Essential to Moral Responsibility. With an Appendix: 1. on the influence of Religion on Insanity. 2. Conjectures on the Nature of the Mental Operations. 3. On the Management of Lunatic Asylums. London: Longman & Co, 1844. Pp. 459. (Confesses he cannot fully understand the phrenological thesis, but agrees with it in principle.)

Editorial Information

1193. WIGAN, Arthur Ladbroke (1785-1847), MD, MRCS, practitioner
of Brighton and London.