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CAMERON, George Douglas (d. c1845)

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Editorial Description

born in Scotland; MD Edin 1820; practiced in Liverpool; introduced H. C. WATSON to phrenology, c1823; delivered course of 12 lectures in the Paris Rooms, Liverpool, 1824, and lectured to small audiences there, 1825, 1827; rebuffed by Liverpool Roy Inst when he offered to lecture there on phrenology, 1828; M EDIN PHREN SOC from Dec 1824.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

187.1 — 187.1 "On the Cerebral Development of Henry Griffiths, a murderer," PHREN J, 2 (1824/5): 180-5.
187.2 — 187.2 "Case of Deficient Tune," PHREN J, 2 (1824/5): 642- 4. (Reprinted as "Case of Ann Ormerod, a Girl with Great Deficiency of the Organ of Tune," in R. COX, 1836: 314-17.) Phrenology in the British Isles.

Editorial Information

Identifier	187.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	52
Printed page	47
Database ID	456

Original Transcription

187. CAMERON, George Douglas (d. c1845), born in Scotland; MD
Edin 1820; practiced in Liverpool; introduced H. C. WATSON to phrenology, c1823; delivered course of 12 lectures in the Paris Rooms,
Liverpool, 1824, and lectured to small audiences there, 1825, 1827;
rebuffed by Liverpool Roy Inst when he offered to lecture there on
phrenology, 1828; M EDIN PHREN SOC from Dec 1824.