Thomas Inman

Thomas Inman (1820–1876) was a house-surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary.^[1] In his lifetime he had numerous medical papers published. Perhaps most notably, however, he was an amateur mythologist, and as such had several non-medical papers published, including Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism, first published in 1869 and then again in 1875.^[2]

In Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism, doctor Inman elucidates the origins of some popularly-used symbols, some of them medical. Many of the symbols he discusses are recognizable even today.

References

^ Information published in The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. X. On-line article [1] accessed June 25, 2008.
^ Inman, Thomas. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism, Second Edition. New York: J. W. Bouton, 706 Broadway. 1875. ISBN 9781420929874

External links

Free copy of Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism, Second Edition, 1875, available for download on-line at Canadian Archive: Internet Libraries.

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Name	Inman, Thomas
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Date of birth	1820
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Date of death	1876
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