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33: 176:, and was also a director of the Leeds and West Riding Bank and of the Sheffield and Retford Bank. Financial collapse overtook the banks, and involved him in ruin. After an unsuccessful attempt to establish himself in London, he returned again to Sheffield in 1851, and began practice as a homœopath. He was elected a member of the town council, but lost his seat in 1858, owing to his advocacy of a Local Improvement Act. 354: 136:
as a medical student, where he graduated M.D. in 1827, and, joining the Hunterian and Royal Physical Societies, became president of both. He spent a year in Paris, taking the degree of bachelor of letters, and after another year in Edinburgh began practice in Manchester. His advocacy of the
121:; his artisan father apprenticed him to a trade. When about 16 years old he took up writing verses, studied poetry, and learned Latin, French, and Italian. On the completion of his apprenticeship his friends, under the advice of Nathaniel Philipps of the 152:
In Sheffield Holland was prominent in the Literary and Philosophical Society, Mechanics' Library, and Mechanics' Institution, and campaigned for the return of Liberal members during the first and second elections for
172:, Holland became a protectionist, which was detrimental to his professional earnings. Concentrating on other interests, he became provisional director of some of the railway projects at the time of the 367: 236:
An Inquiry Into the Moral, Social, and Intellectual Condition of the Industrious Classes of Sheffield, Part I: The Abuses and Evils of Charity, especially of Medical Charitable Institutions
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of the borough of Sheffield, and held the position until his death at Sheffield on 7 March 1865.
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The Nature and Cure of Consumption, Indigestion, Scrofula, and Nervous Affections
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involved him in a sharp debate with medical colleagues there, and he moved to
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The Constitution of the Animal Creation as expressed in Structural Appendages
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Physician, phrenologist, mesmerist, homeopath, author, and politician
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minister with a view to his joining the Unitarian ministry.
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English physician, phrenologist, mesmerist and homeopath
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Practical Suggestions for the Prevention of Consumption
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He also edited a new edition of the poetical works of
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Inquiry into the Principles and Practice of Medicine
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An Experimental Enquiry into the Laws of Animal Life
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Pitsmoor, Sheffield
Sheffield
University of Edinburgh
phrenologist
mesmerist
homeopath
Pitsmoor
Sheffield
Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Unitarian
University of Edinburgh
Franz Joseph Gall
Johann Spurzheim
Sheffield
Sheffield
Reform Act of 1832
mesmerism
repeal of the Corn Laws
railway mania
alderman
Worksop
Richard Furness






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