Ferriar

Ferriar

Ferriar, John, geb. 1763 in Chester, studirte Medicin in Edinburg u. lebte als praktischer Arzt in Manchester, wo er später Spitalarzt u. Irrenarzt wurde; er st. 1815 u. schr.: Medical histories reflexions, Lond. 1792–98, 3 Bde., neue Aufl. ebd. 1810–13, 4 Bde.; An essay on the medical properties of the digitalis purpurea, Manh. 1799; Bibliomania, Lond. 1809; An essay towards a theory of apparition, ebd. 1813.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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