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- 1935-1990 (Creation)
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4 files
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
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Scope and content
Published articles by W S Inman, including copies prepared for publication as a volume of selected works; patient notes.
Published articles by W S Inman, mostly focusing on his interest in psychosomatic symptoms, particularly in conditions affecting the eyes. The first series comprises copies of papers which were gathered for publication by Mr Noel Bradley and which are accompanied by Mr Bradley's notes on this process. The second series contains pamphlets and offprints of Inman's works, possibly received from a different source.
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No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into three series:
P11-A - Papers collected and edited by Noel Bradley
P11-B - Offprints and pamphlets
P11-C - Clinical records
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Finding aids
The collection catalogue is published online.
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Related units of description
An obituary of W S Inman was printed in the Society's President's News Bulletin (number 11). A small amount of correspondence involving W S Inman, relating to a visit to the UK by Sandor Ferenczi in 1927, can be found in the John Rickman collection (ref. P03-C-A-2).
Publication note
The foreword written by Olive Inman was included in an unidentified volume of Inman's work.
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Language(s)
- English
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- Latin
Sources
Information taken from the papers in this collection and from the obituary by Michael Balint published in the Society's President's News Bulletin (number 11).