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BROOKS, H. B. (or BROOKES)

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Editorial Description

(?) of Liverpool; lectured mainly on mesmerism, but sometimes demonstrated phreno-magnetism of which the MEDICO-CHIRURG J & REV in 1842 called him "the father"; began lecturing in Kent in 1842 and toured the southern counties, 1843; a conservative style.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

146.1 — 146.1 "Doctrines of Spurzheim--to editor," LANCET, 28 May 1842: 315.

Editorial Information

Identifier	146.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	43
Printed page	38
Database ID	371

Original Transcription

146. BROOKS, H. B. (or BROOKES), (?) of Liverpool; lectured
mainly on mesmerism, but sometimes demonstrated phreno-magnetism
of which the MEDICO-CHIRURG J & REV in 1842 called him "the
father"; began lecturing in Kent in 1842 and toured the southern
counties, 1843; a conservative style.