Winslow, Forbes Benignus (1810-1874)

Eight letters from Forbes Winslow, including a testimonial for Mr Stone towards his application for the post of librarian to the Royal College of Surgeons, 22 Oct 1853 (MS.8007/47/1), and a letter to Mr Stone, marked "private", mentioning a project relating to a study of dypsomania, his distress at "poor Lolly's death", and the "sad state of the Prince of Wales", dated 13 Dec 1871 (MS.8007/47/6).

1853-1871 and undated

8 letters

Chronological followed by undated.

Purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430); Purchased from Glendining, London, September 1933 (acc.67769); Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69099); Purchased from Glendining, London, December 1931 (acc.67596); Purchased from Glendining, London, January 1935 (acc.67947).

Neuro-psychiatrist, biological psychiatrist. Published much between the 1830s and 1860s on lunatic asylums, insanity, brain disorders, treatments for mental illness and medico-legal issues in insanity.