Background
Andrew Combe was born in Edinburgh on the 27th of October 1797, and was a younger brother of George Combe.
Andrew Combe was born in Edinburgh on the 27th of October 1797, and was a younger brother of George Combe.
Andrew Combe proceeded to Paris to complete his medical studies, and whilst there he investigated phrenology on anatomical principles.
Andrew Combe served an apprenticeship in a surgery, and in 1817 passed at Surgeons' Hall.
He began to practise in 1823, and by careful adherence to the laws of health he was enabled to fulfil the duties of his profession for nine years.
Two years later he completed his Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy, which he believed to be his best work and it was his last.
His latter years were mostly occupied in seeking at various health resorts some alleviation of his disease; he spent two winters in Madeira, and tried a voyage to the United States, but was compelled to return within a few weeks of the date of his landing at New York.
His biography, written by George Combe, was published in 1850.
Combe never married.
