Quotes:Buchanan, Joseph Rodes

Zirkoff, Boris

Buchanan, Joseph Rodes (1814-99). See Vol. VI, pp. 429-30, for a biographical sketch.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 448

Buchanan, Joseph Rodes (1814-99). *Manual of Psychometry: the Dawn of a New Civilization. Published by the Author, Boston, 1885. Vide for biogr. sketch Vol. VI. pp. 429-30, of the present Series.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, p. 523

Buchanan, Joseph Rodes (1814-1899). See Vol. VI, pp. 429-30, for biographical data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 637

Buchanan, Joseph Rodes. American physician and writer; b. at Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 11, 1814, of Virginia family. As infant prodigy, he was versed in Geometry and Astronomy at the age of six; took up sociology and began study of law at twelve. After death of father, 1829, supported himself as printer, then as school-teacher. Became interested in phrenology and cerebral physiology, entered Medical School of Univ, of Louisville, graduating in 1842. In college laid foundations for psychometry and sarcognomy, two new sciences, the latter dealing with sympathetic relations between parts of body and soul, healing disease by dispersive passes over body. Lectured on both subjects and established periodical, *The Journal of Man. Joined faculty of Eclectic Med. Inst, of Cincinnati, 1846; forced out, 1856, because of disposition and 430 turbulent history of Institute. Started rival Eclectic College of Medicine, then removed to Louisville and in 1863 ran for Congress as Peace Party candidate. Went to Syracuse, N.Y. and manufactured salt. Became prof, of physiology in Eclectic Med. Coll, of New York City, 1867. Established his own college of therapeutics, 1881, in Boston. On acc. of poor health, removed to Kansas City, 1892; and to San José, Calif., 1893, where he lived until his death, Dec. 26, 1899. Marr, three times. His medical theories may have influenced Albert Abrams. Works: *Outlines of lectures on the neurological system of anthropology, as discovered, demonstrated and taught in 1841 and 1842. Cincinnati: printed at the Office of the Journal of Man, 1854, 2 p., 384 pp., ill.—*Moral Education: its laws and methods. New York, 1882. 395 pp.—Therapeutic Sarcognomy . . . practice ... by the vital nerve aura. Vol. 1st. Boston: The author, 1884. 269 pp.; also 1891—*Manual of Psychometry: the dawn of a new civilization. Publ. by the author. Boston, 1885.—Primitive Christianity. San José, 1898. Semi-Spiritualistic. incl. lives of Apostles which he said had been dictated to him by themselves.—Various lectures, such as Periodicity (San José, 1897). Vide Harvey W. Felter, Hist, of the Eel. Med. Inst., 1902; Kelly and Burrage, Amer. Medic. Biogrs., 1920.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, pp. 429-430