Testimonials in favour of James Scott, A.B. & M.D. Of the University of Paris; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, and formerly a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, of London; Surgeon, Lecturer, Curator of the Museum, and Principal Medical Officer of the Lunatic Asylum, in the Royal Naval Hospital, at Haslar; Corresponding Member of the Medico-Chirurgical, and Phrenological Societies of Edinburgh, and of the London and Boston (United States) Phrenological Societies; Honorary Member of the Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, London; Member of the Société Cuviérienne, of Paris; President of the Hamphsire Phrenological Society; Vice-President of the Portsmouth, Portsea and Gosport Mechanics' Institute, &c.
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.
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Includes index.
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.
England Gosport.