phys and phrenologist; highly successful popularizer of the laws of health; younger brother of G. COMBE, the 15th child in the family of an Edin brewer; studied med in Paris, 1817; tuberculosis compelled him to spend much time in Madeira, where he did most of his early writing; MD Edin 1825; supported by George during his years of illness and study; co-founder of the EDIN PHREN SOC, (elected pres 1827) and of the PHREN J; M PHREN ASSN; intimate of James CLARK who secured for him the appointment of phys to King Leopold of Belgium. (DNB; G. COMBE, Life of Andrew Combe; and A207). For other biographical and obituary notices,
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
237.1
— 237.1 "On the Effects of Injuries of the Brain Upon the Manifestations of the Mind," TRANS [EDIN] PHREN SOC, [1] (1823): 183-208.
237.2
— 237.2 "Observations on Dr. Barclay's Objections to Phrenology [contained in his Life and Organization]," TRANS [EDIN] PHREN SOC, [1] (1823): 393-429. (Also offprinted, pp. 29.)
237.3
— 237.3 "Mr. Charles Bell on the Functions of the Nerves," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 58-65. (On BELL'S contributions to Phil Trans of the Roy Soc, 1821, praising his work on the nerves.)
237.4
— 237.4 *Alleged Claim of Reil to Dr. Gall's Discoveries in the Anatomy of the Brain," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 72-3.
237.5
— 237.5 *"Practical Applications of Phrenology on a Voyage," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 259-68. (Reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 14-41.)
237.6
— 237.6 "Phrenology and the [Edin Royal] Medical Society," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 307-16. (Report on the discussion over A. Combe's paper [next entry] that lasted from 21-25 Nov 1823.)
237.7
— 237.7 "Essay on the Question--Does Phrenology afford a satisfactory Explanation of the Moral and Intellectual Faculties of Man?," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 337-77. (Reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 317-54.)
237.8
— 237.8 "Report of the Cast of John Pallet, executed at Colchester for the Murder of Mr. James Mumford," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 425-36.
237.9
— 237.9 "Flourens on the Nervous System," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 455-63.
237.10
— 237.10 "Case of a Mechanical Genius," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 509-12. (Reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 276-79.)
237.13
— 237.13 "Observations on the Functions of the Nerves, Spinal Marrow, and Brain," PHREN J, 2 (1824/5): 206-12.
237.14
— 237.14 Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, de Mali Hypochondriaci Sede Edin: [printed], 1825. Pp. 36. (Dedicated to George COMBE and SPURZHEIM)
237.15
— 237.15 "On the Seat and Nature of Hypochondriasis as Illustrated by Phrenology," PHREN J, 3 (1825/6): 51-76. (A translation of his thesis; reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 244-66.)
237.16
— 237.16 "On the Talent for Recollecting Names," PHREN J, 3 (1825/6): 120-4.
237.17
— 237.17 "Tune Involuntarily Active, with Pain in the Organ," PHREN J, 3 (1825/6): 362-5.
237.18
— 237.18 "Insanity and Crimes--Cases of Lecouffe and Feldtmann. executed at Paris for Murder in 1823," PHREN J, 3 (1825/6): 365-94.
237.21
— 237.21 "[Review of] Spurzheim's Anatomy of the Brain," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 83-99.
237.22
— 237.22 "Letter from Dr. A. Combe to the Editor of the Edinburgh and Leith Advertiser [on the anon. pamphlet Sir William Hamilton and Phrenology]," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 100-3.
237.23
— 237.23 "On the Influence of Organic Size on Energy of Function, Particularly as Applied to the Organs of the External Senses and Brain. Read to Phrenological Society, November 26, 1826," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 161-87.
237.24
— 237.24 *"Influence of Education on the Direction of the Sentiments," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 430-8.
237.25
— 237.25 "[Review of], Physiologie des Tempermens ou Constitutions, etc, par F. Thomas (Paris, 1826)," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 438-54. (Reprinted as "Dr. Thomas's Theory of the Temperaments," in R. COX, 1836: 125-39.)
237.26
— 237.26 "[Review of] Felix Voisin's Du Begaiement, Ses Causes PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 458-67. (Reprinted as "On the Causes and Cure of Stammering," in R. COX, 1836: 143-51.) ,"
237.28
— 237.28 "Theory of Temperaments," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 604-8. (Reprinted as "Additional Remarks on Dr. Thomas's Theory of the Temperaments," in R. COX, 1836: 205-9.)
237.29
— 237.29 *"On the Functions of the Sense of Sight, considered chiefly in its Relations to Ideas of Form, Colour, Magnitude, and Distance," PHREN J, 4 (1826/7): 608-22.
237.30
— 237.30 "Phrenological Notice of Mr. Wardrope's Case of Restoration to Sight in a Lady of 46 Years of Age," PHREN J, 5 (1828/9): 286-99.
237.31
— 237.31 "Presidential Address to [Edin] Phrenological Society, 13 November 1828," PHREN J, 5 (1828/9): 475-9.
237.32
— 237.32 "Observations on Mental Derangement and Some of its Causes," PHREN J, 5 (1829/9): 483-516.
237.33
— 237.33 "Exciting or Occasional Causes of Mental Derangement," PHREN J, 6 (1829/30): 38-75; 259-75.
237.34
— 237.34 *"On Mental Exercise as a Means of Health," PHREN J, 6 (1829/30): 109-133. (Incorporated into Principles of Physiology.)
237.35
— 237.35 "[Review of] Dr. Filippa Uccelli's Compendio di Anateomia (Firenze, 1825-6)," PHREN J, 6 (1829/30): 201-10.
237.37
— 237.37 "Medicine on the Laws of Mental Exercise and Health," PHREN J, 6 (1829/30): 283-97. (Incorporated into Principles of Physiology.)
237.38
— 237.38 *"Phrenology in London--Mr. Deville's Museum--the Deaf and Dumb," PHREN J, 6 (1829/30): 569-76.
237.39
— 237.39 "Commissions of Lunacy--Mad Doctors--London Press," LON MED GAZ, 5 (6 Mar 1830): 719-21.
237.40
— 237.40 Observations on Mental Derangement; Being an Explanation of the Principles of Phrenology to the Elucidation of the Causes, Symptoms, Nature and Treatment of Insanity. Edin: John Anderson jun; London: Longman, Rees, et al, 1831. Pp. 392. (Reviewed, PHREN J, 7 [1831/2]: 67-78; and [analyzing the analysis in the LON MED GAZ of 15 Jan 1831] PHREN J, 7 [1831/2]: 175-80.) First American edn, Boston, 1834. Another edn, entitled simply Observations on Mental Derangement was greatly abridged and edited by Arthur Mitchell (Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland and Chairman of the Combe Trust), Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1887, pp. 114.
237.41
— 237.41 [Review of] John Abercrombie's Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth (Edinburgh 1830)," PHREN J, 7 (1831/2): 46-63.
237.42
— 237.42 *"Cholera Morbus--Effects of Ignorance and Knowledge," PHREN J, 7 (1831/2): 462-76.
237.43
— 237.43 *"Nature and Uses of the Skin, as Connected with the Preservation of Health," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 1-26.
237.44
— 237.44 [Review of] Barlow's "Physical Education" in the Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine (1832)," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 37-44.
237.45
— 237.45 "Structure and Function of the Muscular System, Viewed in Relation to the Principles of Exercise," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 164-181. (Incorporated into Principles of Physiology.)
237.47
— 237.47 "Dr. Spurzheim, the Marquis Moscati, and the London Phrenological Society," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 237-44. (Defending SPURZHEIM'S character against MOSCATI'S attack.)
237.48
— 237.48 [Review of] Caldwell's Essays on Malaria and Temperament (1831, Lexington)," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 367-71.
237.49
— 237.49 "Injuries of the Brain not always Attended by Manifest Disorders of Mind.--Analogy Between Such Injuries, and those of Other Organs," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 636-8.
237.50
— 237.50 "Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine.--Dr. Prichard and Phrenology," PHREN J, 8 (1832/4): 649-57.
237.51
— 237.51 Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education. Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1834. Pp. 385. (Dedicated to the King of the Belgians; reviewed, PHREN J, 9 [1834/6]: 74-85.) 2nd edn, 1834; 3rd edn, 1835; 4th edn, 1836; 5th edn, 1836; 6th edn, 1837; German trs. Leipzig, 1837; 7th edn, 1838; 11th edn, enlarged, 1842; 12th edn, 1844; 13th edn, 1847. American edns from 1834 to 1846.
237.52
— 237.52 "Sending for the Doctor," Chambers' Edin J, 30 Aug 1834: 246-7.
237.53
— 237.53 "Affection of the Faculty of Language from Injury of the Brain," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 17-20.
237.54
— 237.54 "Characterisation of the Caribs," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 20-3.
237.55
— 237.55 *"Opinions of Tiedemann and Arnold Respecting Phrenology--Inconsistency of the Antiphrenologists," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 48-52.
237.59
— 237.59 "Account of the Skull of Dean Swift, Recently Disintered at Dublin," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 466-71.
237.60
— 237.60 "On the Importance of Physiology with Reference to Education," PHREN J, 9 (1834/6): 620-3.
237.61
— 237.61 The Physiology of Digestion considered in Relation to the Principles of Dietetics. Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1836. Pp. 350. 2nd edn, revised and enlarged, 1836; 3rd edn, 1841; 4th edn, 1842; Danish trs by J. Blicker, 1842; 7th edn, 1847; 9th edn, ed James COXE, Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1849, pp. 191; 10th edn, 1860.
237.63
— 237.63 "Remarks on the Possibility of increasing the Development of the Cerebral Organs by Adequate Exercise of the Mental Faculties," PHREN J, 10 (1836/7): 414-26.
237.65
— 237.65 Extract from the celebrated work of Andrew Combe, MD, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Entitled the Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health. Dublin, Ormond Printing House, 1837. Pp. 12. (The extract was that on the need for bathing and washing for the health of skin; no additional notes, preface or comments.)
237.66
— 237.66 "Mr. Brindley and Phrenology," Birmingham J, 24 Nov 1838: 7.
237.67
— 237.67 Experiments and Observations of the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion. By William Beaumont, M.D. Surgeon in the United States' Army. Reprinted from the Plattsburgh edition, with notes by Andrew Combe, M.D. Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart; London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1838. Pp. 319.
237.68
— 237.68 *"Remarks on the Fallacy of Professor Tiedemann's Comparison of the Negro Brain and Intellect with those of the European," PHREN J, 11 (1838): 13-22. (Reprinted in G. COMBE, et al, On the Functions of the Cerebellum, 1838.)
237.69
— 237.69 "Remarks on Dr. Prichard's Third Attack on Phrenology, in his "Treatise on Insanity'," PHREN J, 11 (1838): 345-58.
237.70
— 237.70 [Review of] Works by Pietro Molossi [phrenologist of Milan]," PHREN J, 12 (1839): 165-8.
237.71
— 237.71 *"Phrenology," BR & FOR MED REV, 9 (Jan 1840): 190-215. (Review of GALL, Origin of Moral Qualities; SPURZ- HEIM, Phrenology, 4th Amer edn 1835; VIMONT, Traite; BROUS- SAIS, Cours de Phrenologie; G. COMBE, System, Elements, and Constitution of Man; COMBE et al., Functions of Cerebellum; PHREN J; H. WATSON, Statistics on Phrenology; R. MACNISH, Introduction to Phrenology; and S. SMITH, Principles of Phrenology.)
237.72
— 237.72 Phrenology, philosophically and physiologically considered; with reasons for its Study, and Directions for its successful Prosecution. London: John Churchill, 1840. (Reprint of last entry.)
237.73
— 237.73 A Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy: Being a Practical Exposition of the Principles of Infant Training, For the Use of Parents. Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1840. Pp. 375. (Dedicated to Sir James CLARK.) 2nd edn 1841; 4th edn, 1844; 6th edn, 1847; 8th edn, with an Appendix by James COXE, Edin, 1854; 9th edn, revised and edited by Sir James CLARK, 1860; 10th edn, 1870; abridged edn by Arthur Mitchell, 1896.
237.74
— 237.74 "Remarks on the Nature and Causes of Insanity. In a Letter to the late Dr. [John] Mackintosh ([21] June 1830)," PHREN J, 15 (1842): 119-22. (The letter is reproduced in MACKINTOSH, Elements of Pathology and Practice of Physic vol 2: 104-7.)
237.75
— 237.75 "Indications of the Progress of Phrenology in Italy," PHREN J, 14 (1841): 127-34.
237.76
— 237.76 *"Phrenological Controversies in Italy [review of Pietro Molossi, Studi Frenologici (Milano 1840), 214 pp]," PHREN J, 14 (1841): 237-47.
237.77
— 237.77 [Review of] Life of Beethoven (1841)," PHREN J, 15 (1842): 255-61.
237.79
— 237.79 *"On Merit and Demerit as affected by the Doctrine of Moral Necessity," PHREN J, 18 (1845): 337-9.
237.80
— 237.80 Phrenology--its Nature and Uses; an Address to the Students of Anderson's University at the Opening of Dr. Weir's First Course of Lectures in Phrenology in that Institution Jan 7, 1846. Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1846. Pp. 32. (Appended testimonials on phrenology from John CONOLLY, W. A. F. BROWNE, A. CARMICHAEL. W. B. HODGSON, and Wm. GREG- ORY.) Largely reprinted in LANCET, 10 Jan 1846: 61-4, and in PHREN J, 19 (1846): 97-128. Reprinted in G. COMBE, R. COX, et al., Moral and Intellectual Science Applied to the Elevation of Society (New York: Fowler & Wells, 1848): 44-79.
237.81
— 237.81 "On the Observation of Nature in the Treatment of Disease, in a letter to the editor," BR & FOR MED REV, 21 (Apr 1846): 505-24.
237.82
— 237.82 The Ship Fever: its Causes and Prevention. With a preface by S. R. Wells. [From a letter to The Times, 17 Sept 1847]. New York: Fowler and Wells, n.d. Pp. 21. (Reprinted in J Public Health, No. 5, 1848.)
237.83
— 237.83 On the Introduction of Religion into Common Schools (Extracted from his 'Life and Correspondence [by G. COMBE], p. 501). Edin: Maclachlan & Stewart, [1850]. Pp. 8.
237.84
— 237.84 "On the Proper Quantity of Food," J HEALTH, NS, 1 (1851): 230-4; and 2 (1852): 13-16, 34-8, 56-7. (Extracted from Chapt 10 of his Physiology of Digestion.)
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Original Transcription
237. COMBE, Andrew (1797-1847), phys and phrenologist; highly
successful popularizer of the laws of health; younger brother of G.
COMBE, the 15th child in the family of an Edin brewer; studied med
in Paris, 1817; tuberculosis compelled him to spend much time in
Madeira, where he did most of his early writing; MD Edin 1825; supported by George during his years of illness and study; co-founder
of the EDIN PHREN SOC, (elected pres 1827) and of the PHREN J;
M PHREN ASSN; intimate of James CLARK who secured for him the
appointment of phys to King Leopold of Belgium. (DNB; G. COMBE,
Life of Andrew Combe; and A207). For other biographical and obituary notices,