Elliotson, John, an English physician, born in London; lost his professorship in London University on account of employing mesmerism for medical purposes; promoted clinical instruction and the use of the stethoscope; founded the Phrenological Society (1791‒1868).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Elliot, George Augustus * Elliott, Ebenezer