George Murray Paterson, Scottish physician and phrenologist, received an M.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1817; his thesis concerned mania. He went to India in 1821 and was a surgeon with the East India Company. Paterson was a member of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society, the Asiatic Society, and a founder of the Calcutta Phrenological Society.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madras, India, to the Phrenological Society [of] Philadelphia, [Philadelphia, Pa., ca. 1825]. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122523705
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