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James Cowles Prichard

James Cowles Prichard

James Cowles Prichard was a British medical doctor and ethnologist with broad interests in physical anthropology and psychiatry. His influential Researches into the Physical History of Mankind touched upon the subject of evolution. From 1845, Prichard served as a Medical Commissioner in Lunacy. He also introduced the term "senile dementia".

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James Cowles Prichard was a British medical doctor and ethnologist with broad interests in physical anthropology and psy...

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Researches into the Physical…

James Cowles Prichard

Researches into the Physical History of Man

Researches into the Physical History of Man

James Cowles Prichard

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