John Thurnam
| John Thurnam MD, FSA, FRCP | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1810 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1873 | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Devizes - Wilts County Lunatic Asylum | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL
Associate 1852; proposed for Council May 59; retiring member May 60; retires from Council May 66
ASL
1863.06.23 invited to accept post of Vice President
House Notes
A5 mentioned in letter by J. Barnard Davis [265]
Foreign Associate of the Anthropological Society of Paris
1870.05.31 the conditional resignation of Dr John Thurnam was read and accepted
1873.10.28 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
John Thurnam (28 December 1810 – 24 September 1873) was an English psychiatrist, archaeologist, and ethnologist. He was Medical Superintendent of The Retreat, the Quaker psychiatric hospital near York. In 1848 he reported two maternal first cousins with an unusual condition affecting the skin, hair and teeth (an ectodermal dysplasia); he had performed an examination post mortem on one of the two men, including relevant histopathology.
He was twice elected president of the Medico-Psychological Association.
Publications
External Publications
Prospectus of Crania Britannica laid on the table 12 Aug 1852
‘Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Insanity, and on Establishments for the Insane
House Publications
ESL: On some skulls and other bones found in a tumulus near York. Read at evening meeting 11 May 1848
Description of an ancient cemetery at Lamel Hill near York. Read 7 June 1848
Observations on crania found in ancient British burial places. Read 19 Mar 1851. Awaiting decision on printing apr 1851
ASL: on crania of early Britons Read 19 a[r 1864
on further researches &c
