Extracts from lectures on phrenology : delivered to the Hampshire Phrenological Society, Portsmouth, in 1834 /
Scott, James1785-1860.
Scott, James1785-1860,former owner.StEdNL
Gosport : Printed by J. Hammond, Jun. 38, High Street,
1838.
A first edition, presumably printed for the author, on the occasion of his application as a candidate for the office of Superintendent Physician of the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell. James Scott, a native Shetlander and correspondent of Sir Walter Scott, was a veteran of naval medicine and his testimonials name numerous ships upon which he served from at least 1803. At the time of publication he was Principal of the Lunatic Asylum at the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar (Gosport) and was an influential proponent of phrenology in mental health diagnosis and treatment. He lectured extensively on the subject. Despite the lengthy testimonials from colleagues and from Jules Cloquet at the University of Paris (where Scott studied around 1820), he was unsuccessful in his application to the Middlesex Asylum.
A first edition, presumably printed for the author, on the occasion of his application as a candidate for the office of Superintendent Physician of the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell. James Scott, a native Shetlander and correspondent of Sir Walter Scott, was a veteran of naval medicine and his testimonials name numerous ships upon which he served from at least 1803. At the time of publication he was Principal of the Lunatic Asylum at the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar (Gosport) and was an influential proponent of phrenology in mental health diagnosis and treatment. He lectured extensively on the subject. Despite the lengthy testimonials from colleagues and from Jules Cloquet at the University of Paris (where Scott studied around 1820), he was unsuccessful in his application to the Middlesex Asylum.
Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown with the letters "J S" and the Scott family motto "Doe weell and let them say".
Scott, James 1785-1860.
Phrenology
England Gosport.