Inman | William Samuel

William Samuel Inman was born in Yorkshire in 1875. In 1900 he went to London to study at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He moved to Portsmouth in 1904 and three years later he was appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon at Portsmouth Eye and Ear Hospital, where he was based until his retirement in 1944. He was introduced to Freud's ideas on the unconscious by Dr Millais Culpin, with whom he worked during the First World War. His interest in psychoanalysis arose from his work on the causes of pathological problems in the eyes that might have emotional origins. His first paper, 'Emotions and Eye Symptoms' was published in 1921 and he first spoke before members of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1922. He was analysed by Sandor Ferenczi and elected as an associate member of the Society in 1925. He became a full member by special resolution in 1951. He continued his psychosomatic research work into old age through his contact with out-patients in Portsmouth. The papers in this collection reflect his interests in the psychosomatic links between clinical observations, particularly of the eye, and their mental underpinnings. He died in September 1968.

Ophthalmologist and Psychoanalyst

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